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                                                    </description><title>GDACS EMM News Feed</title><item><title><![CDATA[Air Force personnel return to McGuire today from Pakistan relief missions (Courier-Post)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Pakistan+Earthquake/SIG=12ta9ebol/*http%3A//www.courierpostonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051216/NEWS01/51216004/1006</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Pakistan+Earthquake/SIG=12ta9ebol/*http%3A//www.courierpostonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051216/NEWS01/51216004/1006</guid><pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2005 15:26:59 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[McGUIRE AIRFORCE BASE -- Air Force personnel are returning this week from a two-month mission to provide humanitarian assistance to Pakistan in the wake of the country's 7.6-magnitude earthquake.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051216162659</sortelement></item><item xmlns:emm="http://emm.jrc.org/EMM/" emm:score="0.11832442"><pubDate>2005-12-16T14:14+0100</pubDate><emm:day>20051216</emm:day><link>http://www.breakingnews.ie/irishnews/story.asp?j=166185340&amp;p=y66y86x46&amp;n=166186100&amp;x=</link><source>irish-news</source><title>Churches to hold collections for ...</title><dc:language xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">en</dc:language><description>Churches to hold collections for earthquake victims 16/12/2005 1:04:21 PM Vital funds will be collected at churches across the capital this weekend to aid survivors of the devastating earthquake in Pakistan. Catholic Archbishop of Dublin, Dr Diarmuid Martin, asked parishes in the diocese to hold a....</description><category>Pakistan</category><category>SMSAuto</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>Ireland</category><category>TerrorismBiological</category><guid>irish-news-35cc18c1ab118e90978cd21507307ac8</guid><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051216141400</sortelement></item><item xmlns:emm="http://emm.jrc.org/EMM/" emm:score="0.670407"><pubDate>2005-12-16T14:03+0100</pubDate><emm:day>20051216</emm:day><link>http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/IRIN/81e321cb1dbe18cefb07504e7ab6e873.htm</link><source>alertnet</source><title>PAKISTAN: World Bank approves US $400 million for earthquake recovery</title><dc:language xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">en</dc:language><description>ISLAMABAD, 16 December (IRIN) - The World Bank on Thursday approved an emergency credit of about US $400 million to support the earthquake recovery and reconstruction efforts in Pakistan over the next three years. "This credit will allow people to put their lives and homes back together," said John....</description><category>SMSAuto</category><category>Pakistan</category><category>SocialProtectionRKW</category><category>AgricultureFishingForestryRKW</category><category>TransportationInfrastructureRKW</category><category>HealthSocialServicesRKW</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>DonorsBanksRKW</category><category>WaterSanitationRKW</category><guid>alertnet-a32398f3e9d2e7be065fe12687858eab</guid><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051216140300</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Churches to hold collections for earthquake victims (Irish Examiner)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Pakistan+Earthquake/SIG=12neeaqtn/*http%3A//www.irishexaminer.com/breaking/story.asp?j=191842850&amp;p=y9y843665&amp;n=191843736</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Pakistan+Earthquake/SIG=12neeaqtn/*http%3A//www.irishexaminer.com/breaking/story.asp?j=191842850&amp;p=y9y843665&amp;n=191843736</guid><pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2005 14:02:46 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Vital funds will be collected at churches across the capital this weekend to aid survivors of the devastating earthquake in Pakistan.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051216150246</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Churches to hold collections for earthquake victims (Irish Examiner)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Pakistan+Earthquake/SIG=12nngvhtd/*http%3A//www.irishexaminer.com/breaking/story.asp?j=166185340&amp;p=y66y86x46&amp;n=166186100</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Pakistan+Earthquake/SIG=12nngvhtd/*http%3A//www.irishexaminer.com/breaking/story.asp?j=166185340&amp;p=y66y86x46&amp;n=166186100</guid><pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2005 13:16:22 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Vital funds will be collected at churches across the capital this weekend to aid survivors of the devastating earthquake in Pakistan.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051216141622</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[PAKISTAN: World Bank approves US $400 million for earthquake recovery (AlertNet)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Pakistan+Earthquake/SIG=12m1sejn3/*http%3A//www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/IRIN/81e321cb1dbe18cefb07504e7ab6e873.htm</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Pakistan+Earthquake/SIG=12m1sejn3/*http%3A//www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/IRIN/81e321cb1dbe18cefb07504e7ab6e873.htm</guid><pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2005 13:06:43 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ISLAMABAD, 16 December (IRIN) - The World Bank on Thursday approved an emergency credit of about US $400 million to support the earthquake recovery and reconstruction efforts in Pakistan over the next three years.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051216140643</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hardy aid workers bring shelter and hope to Pakistan Foreign funds, good weather also help prepare quake-ravaged region  (San Francisco Chronicle)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Pakistan+Earthquake/SIG=12tm9kd2a/*http%3A//www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/archive/2005/12/16/MNGLVG84O01.DTL</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Pakistan+Earthquake/SIG=12tm9kd2a/*http%3A//www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/archive/2005/12/16/MNGLVG84O01.DTL</guid><pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2005 11:43:24 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Kot , Pakistan -- For almost three weeks, Isabelle Giasson and Daniel Desmarais have camped in a remote earthquake-ravaged valley, distributing aid to 13 villages that can be reached only by helicopter or on foot.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051216124324</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[World Bank lends 400 mln dlr for reconstruction in quake-hit Pakistan (AFP via Yahoo! News)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Pakistan+Earthquake/SIG=12vslo2lo/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051216/wl_sthasia_afp/wbanksasiaquakepakistanaid_051216093039</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Pakistan+Earthquake/SIG=12vslo2lo/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051216/wl_sthasia_afp/wbanksasiaquakepakistanaid_051216093039</guid><pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2005 09:30:39 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The World Bank has approved a 400 million dollars emergency credit for Pakistan to help rehabilitation and reconstruction work in the country's quake-devastated regions, a bank statement said.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051216103039</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pakistan launches crash program for wheat crop in quake-hit areas (Islamic Republic News Agency)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Pakistan+Earthquake/SIG=121b378jg/*http%3A//www.irna.ir/en/news/view/menu-237/0512163397110840.htm</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Pakistan+Earthquake/SIG=121b378jg/*http%3A//www.irna.ir/en/news/view/menu-237/0512163397110840.htm</guid><pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2005 07:53:48 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Pakistan - Farming Pakistan has launched a crash program for wheat crop in a 43,000-acre land in the earthquake-devastated areas of North West Frontier Province and Pakistan-administered Kashmir.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051216085348</sortelement></item><item xmlns:emm="http://emm.jrc.org/EMM/" emm:score="0.0966481"><pubDate>2005-12-16T07:02+0100</pubDate><emm:day>20051216</emm:day><link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4533534.stm</link><source>bbc</source><title>Bush Snr appointed quake envoy</title><dc:language xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">en</dc:language><description>George Bush Senior, the former US president, has been appointed a special United Nations envoy in the Pakistan and Kashmir earthquake zone. Secretary General Kofi Annan appointed him to help with reconstruction and rehabilitation for survivors of the disaster in which 87,000 died.</description><category>Pakistan</category><category>SMSAuto</category><category>KofiAnnan</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category><guid>bbc-48e56e3c86fb46caabcdb2ab14a8efa9</guid><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051216070200</sortelement></item><item xmlns:emm="http://emm.jrc.org/EMM/" emm:score="0.70711213"><pubDate>2005-12-16T05:48+0100</pubDate><emm:day>20051216</emm:day><link>http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/KHII-6K54TP?OpenDocument</link><source>reliefWeb</source><title>Pakistan: World Bank provides US$400 million more for earthquake reconstruction</title><dc:language xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">en</dc:language><description>Press Release No:2006/222/SAR WASHINGTON - The World Bank approved today a US$400 million Emergency Recovery Credit (ERC) to further support the earthquake recovery and reconstruction effort in Pakistan over a three-year period. The project will support the Government of Pakistan’s efforts to reduce....</description><category>SMSAuto</category><category>Pakistan</category><category>EnterpriseEurope2</category><category>SocialProtectionRKW</category><category>AgricultureFishingForestryRKW</category><category>TransportationInfrastructureRKW</category><category>TerrorismBiological</category><category>HealthSocialServicesRKW</category><category>FoodSafety</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>DonorsBanksRKW</category><category>WaterSanitationRKW</category><guid>reliefWeb-b59c9844993b7fe61100e98957c0782e</guid><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051216054800</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. names ex-President Bush envoy on Pakistan quake (San Diego Union-Tribune)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Pakistan+Earthquake/SIG=128fefm1r/*http%3A//www.uniontrib.com/news/world/20051215-1647-quake-un-bush.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Pakistan+Earthquake/SIG=128fefm1r/*http%3A//www.uniontrib.com/news/world/20051215-1647-quake-un-bush.html</guid><pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2005 04:12:46 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[UNITED NATIONS, 4:47 p.m. Dec. 15 (REUTERS): Former U.S. President Bush was appointed special U.N. envoy for Pakistan earthquake relief Thursday and said he would use the role to ensure donations are converted into concrete aid for victims.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051216051246</sortelement></item><item xmlns:emm="http://emm.jrc.org/EMM/" emm:score="0.11503032"><pubDate>2005-12-16T03:48+0100</pubDate><emm:day>20051216</emm:day><link>http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/EKOI-6K53Q8?OpenDocument</link><source>reliefWeb</source><title>Fears for dwindling forests in Pakistani quake zone</title><dc:language xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">en</dc:language><description>By Abu Arqam Naqash MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan, Dec 16 (Reuters) - The Oct. 8 earthquake that flattened much of northern Pakistan has taught a lesson to mountain villagers that conservationists had long failed to instil: the importance of their forests. Despite the harsh lesson, conservationists and....</description><category>Pakistan</category><category>SMSAuto</category><category>AgricultureFishingForestryRKW</category><category>EnergyMiningRKW</category><category>India</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>Environment</category><category>IntelligenceRKW</category><guid>reliefWeb-2da99045b37f02cf10a2455261652089</guid><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051216034800</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[U-N appoints ex-President Bush special envoy for Pakistan quake relief (WINK TV Southwest Florida)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Pakistan+Earthquake/SIG=12gv9v522/*http%3A//www.winktv.com/x466.xml?URL=http://localhost/APWIREFEED/d8egj6u82.xml</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Pakistan+Earthquake/SIG=12gv9v522/*http%3A//www.winktv.com/x466.xml?URL=http://localhost/APWIREFEED/d8egj6u82.xml</guid><pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2005 02:43:52 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[MUZAFFARABAD Former President George H. W. Bush has a new job. He's been picked by U-N Secretary-General Kofi Annan (KOH'-fee AN'-nan) to be the special envoy for relief and reconstruction of earthquake-devastated northestern Pakistan and Kashmir.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051216034352</sortelement></item><item xmlns:emm="http://emm.jrc.org/EMM/" emm:score="0.11506691"><pubDate>2005-12-16T02:33+0100</pubDate><emm:day>20051216</emm:day><link>http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/ISL282422.htm</link><source>alertnet</source><title>FEATURE-Fears for dwindling forests in Pakistani quake zone</title><dc:language xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">en</dc:language><description>By Abu Arqam Naqash MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan, Dec 16 (Reuters) - The Oct. 8 earthquake that flattened much of northern Pakistan has taught a lesson to mountain villagers that conservationists had long failed to instil: the importance of their forests. 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Bush was appointed special U.N. envoy for Pakistan earthquake relief on Thursday and said he would use the role to ensure donations are converted into concrete aid for victims.</description><category>Pakistan</category><category>SMSAuto</category><category>KofiAnnan</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category><guid>alertnet-c29a3fa59e9d81d16dd4c1b298f7969c</guid><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051216020300</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[World Bank Approves $400 Million Credit to Pakistan (Update1) (Bloomberg.com)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Pakistan+Earthquake/SIG=124da9oes/*http%3A//www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000080&amp;sid=aocUc7oPWJTc</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Pakistan+Earthquake/SIG=124da9oes/*http%3A//www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000080&amp;sid=aocUc7oPWJTc</guid><pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2005 02:00:14 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Dec. 16 (Bloomberg) -- The World Bank said it approved a $400 million emergency credit to help reconstruction efforts in Pakistan following the Oct. 8 earthquake. 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Bush was appointed special U.N. envoy for Pakistan earthquake relief on Thursday and said he would use the role to ensure donations are converted into concrete aid for victims.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051216015732</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pakistan Bans Adoption of Quake Orphans (Arab News)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Pakistan+Earthquake/SIG=12c1mjn49/*http%3A//www.arabnews.com/?page=4&amp;section=0&amp;article=74784&amp;d=16&amp;m=12&amp;y=2005</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Pakistan+Earthquake/SIG=12c1mjn49/*http%3A//www.arabnews.com/?page=4&amp;section=0&amp;article=74784&amp;d=16&amp;m=12&amp;y=2005</guid><pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2005 00:13:58 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ISLAMABAD, 16 December 2005 — Pakistan has imposed a complete ban on adoption of those orphans who lost their parents during the Oct.8 earthquake.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051216011358</sortelement></item><item xmlns:emm="http://emm.jrc.org/EMM/" emm:score="0.09672802"><pubDate>2005-12-16T00:02+0100</pubDate><emm:day>20051216</emm:day><link>http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/Story.asp?Article=130033&amp;Sn=WORL&amp;IssueID=28271</link><source>GulfDailyNews</source><title>$20m shelter appeal by UN</title><dc:language xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">en</dc:language><description>NAIROBI: The UN yesterday launched an urgent appeal for more than $20 million (BD8m) to build shelter for people left homeless in Pakistan by a devastating earthquake and in Zimbabwe by a controversial demolitions campaign. The Nairobi-based UN Human Settlement Programme (HABITAT) asked donors to....</description><category>Pakistan</category><category>SMSAuto</category><category>DonorsBanksRKW</category><category>KofiAnnan</category><category>TransportationInfrastructureRKW</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>Zimbabwe</category><category>Kenya</category><guid>GulfDailyNews-635033ce75faad5b9136fcd0c803de8c</guid><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051216000200</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[UN Seeks $17.6 Million to Shelter Pakistan Earthquake Victims (Bloomberg.com)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Pakistan+Earthquake/SIG=124pvs1q4/*http%3A//www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000080&amp;sid=aGBt2pulONQY</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Pakistan+Earthquake/SIG=124pvs1q4/*http%3A//www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000080&amp;sid=aGBt2pulONQY</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2005 23:15:31 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Dec. 16 (Bloomberg) -- The United Nations is seeking $17.6 million from donors to help build houses for more than 3 million survivors left homeless in Pakistan after the Oct. 8 earthquake.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051216001531</sortelement></item><item xmlns:emm="http://emm.jrc.org/EMM/" emm:score="0.09676735"><pubDate>2005-12-15T21:48+0100</pubDate><emm:day>20051215</emm:day><link>http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/HMYT-6K4QMP?OpenDocument</link><source>reliefWeb</source><title>60 days of UNHCRâ€™s emergency response to South Asia earthquake</title><dc:language xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">en</dc:language><description>Sixty days after the devastating earthquake that hit South Asia on 8 October 2005, UNHCR remains steadfastly committed to support the Government of Pakistan in its life saving relief efforts. 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Situation Overview Background 7.6 earthquake (depth 10 kilometres) hit at 08.50 Pakistan time (03.50 GMT), on 8 October with the epicentre in Muzaffarabad. Area affected approximately 30,000 sq. miles. Worst affected districts are Muzaffarabad, Mansehra and parts of Bagh. 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But Linda Cullen, a photographer from Maplewood, Minnesota, who traveled to remote Pakistan after the earthquake, says the suffering could soon get worse.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051215174359</sortelement></item><item xmlns:emm="http://emm.jrc.org/EMM/" emm:score="0.28614435"><pubDate>2005-12-15T15:48+0100</pubDate><emm:day>20051215</emm:day><link>http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/LSGZ-6K4JTE?OpenDocument</link><source>reliefWeb</source><title>Pakistan: Earthquake challenge has galvanized the nation - PM</title><dc:language xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">en</dc:language><description>ISLAMABAD, Dec 15 (APP): Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz Wednesday said the whole nation has galvanized and gelled together to meet the massive challenge posed by the October 8 earthquake. Talking to a delegation of Refugees International led by Farooq Kathwari at the PM House, he appreciated the help....</description><category>SMSAuto</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>Pakistan</category><category>India</category><guid>reliefWeb-d8edc46d1d819c24833ce1e819a0e9f1</guid><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051215154800</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stars Show Support for Earthquake Appeal Concert and Fashion Show (clickwalla.com)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Pakistan+Earthquake/SIG=12llj4t4u/*http%3A//www.clickwalla.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=587&amp;Itemid=75</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Pakistan+Earthquake/SIG=12llj4t4u/*http%3A//www.clickwalla.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=587&amp;Itemid=75</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2005 15:24:34 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Tuesday 13th December 2005 saw Asia House and the Asian Music Circuit, in association with the Pakistan Britain Trade & Investment Forum (PBTIF), present the Pakistan Earthquake Appeal Concert and Fashion Show at London’s Royal Albert Hall.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051215162434</sortelement></item><item xmlns:emm="http://emm.jrc.org/EMM/" emm:score="0.09676169"><pubDate>2005-12-15T15:12+0100</pubDate><emm:day>20051215</emm:day><link>http://www.praguepost.com/P03/2005/Art/1215/news4.php</link><source>PraguePost</source><title>Winter threatening lives</title><dc:language xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">en</dc:language><description>Czech doctors are helping battle a second wave of deaths that has hit Pakistan, just two months after the region's tragic earthquake Oct. 8. This time winter's to blame: Cold, harsh weather has set in and left people without shelter in remote areas, where they are dying from hypothermia and pneumonia.</description><category>CommunicableDiseaseOutbreaks</category><category>ManMadeDisasters</category><category>Thailand</category><category>Indonesia</category><category>SriLanka</category><category>SMSAuto</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>Pakistan</category><category>HUmanDevelopmentRKW</category><category>India</category><guid>PraguePost-912b2751f9f97c84daad7db12f610337</guid><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051215151200</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[AMIR KHAN TO VISIT PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE VICTIMS WITH OXFAM (East Side Boxing)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Pakistan+Earthquake/SIG=11o67h4lc/*http%3A//www.eastsideboxing.com/news.php?p=5567&amp;more=1</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Pakistan+Earthquake/SIG=11o67h4lc/*http%3A//www.eastsideboxing.com/news.php?p=5567&amp;more=1</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2005 12:04:00 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[15.12.05 - Amir Khan is to visit Oxfam's Earthquake Response Programme in Pakistan on Saturday 17 December. The Olympic Silver Medallist will travel with Oxfam to Muzaffarbad, the capital of Pakistan administered Kashmir devastated by the October 8th earthquake.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051215130400</sortelement></item><item xmlns:emm="http://emm.jrc.org/EMM/" emm:score="0.09677579"><pubDate>2005-12-15T11:48+0100</pubDate><emm:day>20051215</emm:day><link>http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/KOCA-6K4EKZ?OpenDocument</link><source>reliefWeb</source><title>Service on India-Pakistan peace bus resumes after October quake</title><dc:language xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">en</dc:language><description>Srinagar, India (dpa) - Service on the bus line that runs between India- and Pakistan-administered Kashmir and was established in moves toward peace between Islamabad and New Delhi was partially restored Thursday after being suspended by the October earthquake, officials said.</description><category>India</category><category>AlQaedaRKW</category><category>Pakistan</category><guid>reliefWeb-26fffee0ca1a39e98b748fc40bcb44d1</guid><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051215114800</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Earthquake Concert, Royal Albert Hall, London (Independent)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Pakistan+Earthquake/SIG=12691b64m/*http%3A//enjoyment.independent.co.uk/music/reviews/article333346.ece</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Pakistan+Earthquake/SIG=12691b64m/*http%3A//enjoyment.independent.co.uk/music/reviews/article333346.ece</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2005 10:27:16 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Since the earthquake that devastated Pakistan in October has led to a heartening political rapprochement with India, it was appropriate that the opening musical act in this appeal concert should be a piece of boundary-crossing, too.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051215112716</sortelement></item><item xmlns:emm="http://emm.jrc.org/EMM/" emm:score="0.57508737"><pubDate>2005-12-15T09:48+0100</pubDate><emm:day>20051215</emm:day><link>http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/RMOI-6K49Q4?OpenDocument</link><source>reliefWeb</source><title>Report on Post Earthquake Rapid Assessment Northern Pakistan â€“ 8 Oct 2005</title><dc:language xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">en</dc:language><description>Preface On 8 October 2005 an earthquake of magnitude 7.6 on the Richter scale occurred in Northern area of Pakistan and in the border area of Indian Kashmir devastating an area of nearly 30,000 km. The impact zone extended to some areas in Afghanistan too.</description><category>SMSAuto</category><category>Afghanistan</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>Thailand</category><category>Entities</category><category>Pakistan</category><guid>reliefWeb-74b420e86e3d5c0bf2997b966a0e15f6</guid><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051215094800</sortelement></item><item xmlns:emm="http://emm.jrc.org/EMM/" emm:score="0.190766"><pubDate>2005-12-15T07:48+0100</pubDate><emm:day>20051215</emm:day><link>http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/RMOI-6K43BH?OpenDocument</link><source>reliefWeb</source><title>Save the Children Alliance: Pakistan earthquake response situation report - 13 Dec 2005</title><dc:language xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">en</dc:language><description>I. Overview/Highlights Post-distribution monitoring in Langpura Union Council, Muzaffarabad, has shown that the 310 families provided with shelter kits are managing to recover timber and other materials from their former houses and construct shelters. The community feedback on shelter kits was very positive.</description><category>BangladeshTRKW</category><category>Echo</category><category>Bangladesh</category><category>HealthSocialServicesRKW</category><category>MARS-STAT</category><category>Pakistan</category><guid>reliefWeb-bc39f4b35f73e0a1d7e23efc2f979d33</guid><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051215074800</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ex-President Bush to be UN envoy on Pakistan quake (RedNova)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Pakistan+Earthquake/SIG=13ttgnujf/*http%3A//www.redorbit.com/news/general/330764/expresident_bush_to_be_un_envoy_on_pakistan_quake/index.html?source=r_general</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Pakistan+Earthquake/SIG=13ttgnujf/*http%3A//www.redorbit.com/news/general/330764/expresident_bush_to_be_un_envoy_on_pakistan_quake/index.html?source=r_general</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2005 07:26:54 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Former U.S. President George Bush will be appointed special U.N. envoy for Pakistan earthquake relief during a visit to the United Nations on Thursday, U.N.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051215082654</sortelement></item><item xmlns:emm="http://emm.jrc.org/EMM/" emm:score="0.09672538"><pubDate>2005-12-15T05:48+0100</pubDate><emm:day>20051215</emm:day><link>http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/KHII-6K45GR?OpenDocument</link><source>reliefWeb</source><title>Pakistan: Negotiations for $1.4bn quake loans</title><dc:language xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">en</dc:language><description>By Our Staff Reporter ISLAMABAD, Dec 13: Pakistan has completed negotiations with multilateral agencies for $1.47 billion loans out of the $3.984 billion pledges and asked international institutions to lend their experts on secondment for reconstruction and rehabilitation of the areas devastated by the October earthquake.</description><category>DonorsBanksRKW</category><category>SMSAuto</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>Japan</category><category>Pakistan</category><guid>reliefWeb-f4f449e3e96266d961857731095eb2cb</guid><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051215054800</sortelement></item><item xmlns:emm="http://emm.jrc.org/EMM/" emm:score="0.11509358"><pubDate>2005-12-15T03:48+0100</pubDate><emm:day>20051215</emm:day><link>http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/EKOI-6K43E7?OpenDocument</link><source>reliefWeb</source><title>6.3 billion US dollars pledged for Pakistan quake relief: official</title><dc:language xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">en</dc:language><description>ISLAMABAD, Dec 14, 2005 (Xinhua via COMTEX) Pakistan has so far secured international earthquake pledges worth 6.3 billion US dollars, said Salman Shah, advisor to Pakistani prime minister on finance and economic affairs, on Wednesday. Shah told a press conference that Pakistan was on track to turn....</description><category>SMSAuto</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>Pakistan</category><category>DonorsBanksRKW</category><guid>reliefWeb-c4d3960de64dcac06d9fa048dd9704cb</guid><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051215034800</sortelement></item><item xmlns:emm="http://emm.jrc.org/EMM/" emm:score="0.5750267"><pubDate>2005-12-15T03:48+0100</pubDate><emm:day>20051215</emm:day><link>http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/RMOI-6K4337?OpenDocument</link><source>reliefWeb</source><title>Our response to Pakistan's earthquake - Post-Emergency Programs: relief activities two months after the devastating quake.</title><dc:language xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">en</dc:language><description>By Henry Weil, ACF Editor Within hours of October 8's 7.6-magnitude earthquake in Pakistan, we dispatched a surveyor to the scene and began assembling a team to assist the estimated 3 million Pakistanis in need of aid to feed themselves and to survive the severe Himalayan winter. Currently, our team numbers 14 expatriates and 120 nationals.</description><category>HUmanDevelopmentRKW</category><category>SMSAuto</category><category>Indonesia</category><category>Migration</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>EducationTraining</category><category>WomenAndIslam</category><category>Sudan</category><category>AgricultureFishingForestryRKW</category><category>Pakistan</category><category>FoodSecurityFoodAid</category><guid>reliefWeb-57b40ba083de8e7dba0e841dc651483f</guid><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051215034800</sortelement></item><item xmlns:emm="http://emm.jrc.org/EMM/" emm:score="0.19078347"><pubDate>2005-12-15T03:48+0100</pubDate><emm:day>20051215</emm:day><link>http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/RMOI-6K435H?OpenDocument</link><source>reliefWeb</source><title>Pakistan: Update - Urgent winter aid from ADRA arrives for earthquake survivors in Kashmir</title><dc:language xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">en</dc:language><description>Silver Spring, Maryland-More than 90 trucks loaded with tents, blankets, stoves, and hygiene kits provided by the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) European Union have been sent to the Bagh District of Azad Kashmir, where ADRA is working to deliver and set up tents, as well as....</description><category>Austria</category><category>Echo</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>CzechRepublic</category><category>Slovakia</category><category>Belgium</category><category>Pakistan</category><category>EU</category><category>Germany</category><category>Switzerland</category><category>Portugal</category><category>SMSAuto</category><guid>reliefWeb-a9853a84d39533b35a11a27d903961bf</guid><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051215034800</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ex-President Bush to be UN envoy on Pakistan quake (Reuters via Yahoo! News)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Pakistan+Earthquake/SIG=120bct65f/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051215/ts_nm/quake_un_bush_dc_1</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Pakistan+Earthquake/SIG=120bct65f/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051215/ts_nm/quake_un_bush_dc_1</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2005 03:29:36 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Former U.S. President George Bush will be appointed special U.N. envoy for Pakistan earthquake relief during a visit to the United Nations on Thursday, U.N. officials said.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051215042936</sortelement></item><item xmlns:emm="http://emm.jrc.org/EMM/" emm:score="0.11603176"><pubDate>2005-12-15T02:23+0100</pubDate><emm:day>20051215</emm:day><link>http://english.people.com.cn/200512/15/eng20051215_228105.html</link><source>peopledaily</source><title>6.3 billion US dollars pledged for Pakistan quake relief: official</title><dc:language xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">en</dc:language><description>Pakistan has so far secured international earthquake pledges worth 6.3 billion US dollars, said Salman Shah, advisor to Pakistani prime minister on finance and economic affairs, on Wednesday.</description><category>SMSAuto</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>Pakistan</category><category>DonorsBanksRKW</category><guid>peopledaily-deccfc54f97a4e5aa4932b61d32cc4fe</guid><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051215022300</sortelement></item><item xmlns:emm="http://emm.jrc.org/EMM/" emm:score="0.23851481"><pubDate>2005-12-14T21:48+0100</pubDate><emm:day>20051214</emm:day><link>http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/HMYT-6K3RB7?OpenDocument</link><source>reliefWeb</source><title>Pakistan: 63,000 shelters constructed in earthquake-hit hilly areas</title><dc:language xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">en</dc:language><description>National Assembly was told Tuesday that the government and the relief agencies have constructed 63,000 shelters for the earthquake-affected people in high lying areas to protect them from impending acute winter and snowfall. 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A handing over ceremony was held at the Chaklala Airbase to handover the consignment to Mr. Saeed A. Khan, Chief Coordinator/Additional Secretary of the Federal Relief Commission. 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News)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Pakistan+Earthquake/SIG=12hf808cd/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051212/sc_afp/quakesasiapakistanus_051212173140</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Pakistan+Earthquake/SIG=12hf808cd/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051212/sc_afp/quakesasiapakistanus_051212173140</guid><pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2005 17:31:40 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ A delegation of top American scientific experts has arrived in Pakistan to advise on rebuilding quake-hit areas to prevent any repeat of the massive loss of life, the US embassy said.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051212183140</sortelement></item><item xmlns:emm="http://emm.jrc.org/EMM/" emm:score="0.09671603"><pubDate>2005-12-12T16:19+0100</pubDate><emm:day>20051212</emm:day><link>http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/subcontinent/2005/December/subcontinent_December441.xml&amp;section=subcontinent</link><source>khaleejtimes</source><title>‘No epidemics in Kashmir quake zone’</title><dc:language xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">en</dc:language><description>‘No epidemics in Kashmir quake zone’ (AP) 12 December 2005 MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan - Despite earlier fears, Pakistani officials said on Monday there is no danger of an epidemic in areas hit by a massive earthquake two months ago. 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Its epicentre was near Muzaffarabad, Pakistan, about 95 km northeast of Islamabad. 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Pakistan Despite cold weather setting in, an increasing number of people are braving the harsh weather in the highlands. 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The appeal for funds to support ActionAid's emergency aid and also long term reconstruction was launched on Sunday 27 November with a feature on the....</description><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>EuropeAid</category><category>Echo</category><category>Pakistan</category><category>SMSAuto</category><guid>reliefWeb-9ef8fdfbc178569ca38b4ae600ad7061</guid><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051212140800</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Earthquake: Aga Khan’s AB139 Fleet Added Civil Support to Military Relief Efforts (Rotorhub)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Pakistan+Earthquake/SIG=13cmfnafg/*http%3A//www.shephard.co.uk/Rotorhub/Default.aspx?Action=745115149&amp;ID=789d3a81-68fb-4f5e-b670-ca0d921babc0</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Pakistan+Earthquake/SIG=13cmfnafg/*http%3A//www.shephard.co.uk/Rotorhub/Default.aspx?Action=745115149&amp;ID=789d3a81-68fb-4f5e-b670-ca0d921babc0</guid><pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2005 13:12:37 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The Aga Khan Development Network’s (AKDN) fleet of four AB139 helicopters have been extensively used in earthquake relief operations in Pakistan ’s northern regions.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051212141237</sortelement></item><item xmlns:emm="http://emm.jrc.org/EMM/" emm:score="0.09673562"><pubDate>2005-12-12T10:29+0100</pubDate><emm:day>20051212</emm:day><link>http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/KHII-6JZ5AK?OpenDocument</link><source>reliefWeb</source><title>Airmen offload 250th Pakistan relief aircraft</title><dc:language xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">en</dc:language><description>by 1st Lt. Erick Saks 818th Contingency Response Group Public Affairs 12/1/2005 ISLAMABAD, Pakistan AFPN) The Air Force unloaded the 250th aircraft taking part in Operation Lifeline -- the humanitarian relief mission providing aid to the people hit by a 7.6 magnitude earthquake here in early October.</description><category>SaudiArabia</category><category>Australia</category><category>Afghanistan</category><category>Pakistan</category><category>Kuwait</category><category>UnitedArabEmirates</category><category>Germany</category><guid>reliefWeb-68622fbcc95a5c59b0399fee42e105ee</guid><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051212102900</sortelement></item><item xmlns:emm="http://emm.jrc.org/EMM/" emm:score="0.09673562"><pubDate>2005-12-12T10:29+0100</pubDate><emm:day>20051212</emm:day><link>http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/RMOI-6JZ9YN?OpenDocument</link><source>reliefWeb</source><title>Pakistan: About 51 foreign medical teams providing healthcare to quake victims</title><dc:language xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">en</dc:language><description>ISLAMABAD, Dec 11 (APP): About 51 foreign medical teams, along with 233 Pakistan doctors are providing healthcare to victims of October 8 earthquake. The foreign medical teams have established 47 field hospitals in the affected areas, PTV reported. About nine forward treatment centres have been....</description><category>SMSAuto</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>Pakistan</category><guid>reliefWeb-7dc5666a66bab9dcb5d668098e5371b0</guid><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051212102900</sortelement></item><item xmlns:emm="http://emm.jrc.org/EMM/" emm:score="0.84846216"><pubDate>2005-12-12T10:29+0100</pubDate><emm:day>20051212</emm:day><link>http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/KHII-6JZ87E?OpenDocument</link><source>reliefWeb</source><title>Pakistan: Roundtable discusses implications of earthquake on people and ecosystems</title><dc:language xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">en</dc:language><description>Islamabad: A roundtable meeting was held on 28 November, 2005 in Islamabad to discuss the implications of Earthquake on People and Ecosystems. The roundtable was jointly organized by the Pakistan National Committee of IUCN and IUCN Pakistan Programme. 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She will be accompanied by Conor Lenihan, the Irish Minister of State for Development Cooperation and Human Rights.</description><category>DonorsBanksRKW</category><category>HorizontalMatters</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>Echo</category><category>Netherlands</category><category>EducationTraining</category><category>SMSAuto</category><category>Pakistan</category><category>UNbodies</category><category>HealthSocialServicesRKW</category><guid>reliefWeb-6d1f098f275cf1a0f59076282b4b17a7</guid><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051212102900</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Quran, other volumes looted from Pakistan library for heat (Salt Lake Tribune)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Pakistan+Earthquake/SIG=11fermggm/*http%3A//www.sltrib.com/ci_3301353?source=rss</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Pakistan+Earthquake/SIG=11fermggm/*http%3A//www.sltrib.com/ci_3301353?source=rss</guid><pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2005 09:13:03 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan - When night fell after the Oct. 8 quake, many survivors burned broken furniture to stay warm. Some, however, stormed the shattered state-run Khursheed National Library, pulling out books and newspapers to make bonfires.     An estimated 10,000 books went up in smoke that night. Three days later, half the library's books - including Qurans - had been turned into ashes, when ]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051212101303</sortelement></item><item xmlns:emm="http://emm.jrc.org/EMM/" emm:score="0.19343388"><pubDate>2005-12-12T08:57+0100</pubDate><emm:day>20051212</emm:day><link>http://news.ert.gr/en/newsDetails.asp?id=13601</link><source>ert-en</source><title>Telethon for the Children</title><dc:language xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">en</dc:language><description>By ET1 and Unicef for the earthquake stricken in Pakistan. It begins at 4pm today</description><category>Pakistan</category><guid>ert-en-ee46891adfda7ebe33ade7bbafa3f216</guid><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051212085700</sortelement></item><item xmlns:emm="http://emm.jrc.org/EMM/" emm:score="0.09674471"><pubDate>2005-12-12T08:08+0100</pubDate><emm:day>20051212</emm:day><link>http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/KHII-6JZ8BA?OpenDocument</link><source>reliefWeb</source><title>Pakistan: NPCC donates Dh140,000 to RCS</title><dc:language xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">en</dc:language><description>The Abu Dhabi-based National Petroleum Construction Company (NPCC) has donated Dh 140,000 to the UAE Red Crescent Society (RCS) in support of its relief programme to help earthquake victims in Pakistan. Oqail Madhi, NPCC's general manager, said the donation was a contribution of the company's staff....</description><category>UnitedArabEmirates</category><category>Pakistan</category><guid>reliefWeb-05959d35cb14c14420a21c7802f86cfd</guid><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051212080800</sortelement></item><item xmlns:emm="http://emm.jrc.org/EMM/" emm:score="0.11507798"><pubDate>2005-12-12T08:08+0100</pubDate><emm:day>20051212</emm:day><link>http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/RMOI-6JZ7W8?OpenDocument</link><source>reliefWeb</source><title>Pakistan: Salvation Army emergency relief team in Pakistan races against the weather</title><dc:language xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">en</dc:language><description>The full onset of winter in the earthquake-hit region of Pakistan has changed the immediate needs from the provision of tents and blankets to more substantial shelters. As before, the Pakistan army -- which has the job of overseeing the distribution and assisting the mountain villagers in....</description><category>Pakistan</category><guid>reliefWeb-3075c926e93425f93fe7ad38f89ec515</guid><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051212080800</sortelement></item><item xmlns:emm="http://emm.jrc.org/EMM/" emm:score="0.11609364"><pubDate>2005-12-12T08:08+0100</pubDate><emm:day>20051212</emm:day><link>http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/RMOI-6JZ7S4?OpenDocument</link><source>reliefWeb</source><title>Rotarians in Britain, Ireland keep aid flowing to Pakistan</title><dc:language xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">en</dc:language><description>By Joseph Derr, Rotary International News As winter approaches in Pakistan, Rotarians in Great Britain and Ireland are teaming with British companies and other organizations to deliver warm clothes and shelter throughout areas devastated by October's earthquake.</description><category>TerrorismBiological</category><category>UnitedKingdom</category><category>Ireland</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>Pakistan</category><category>Echo</category><category>SMSAuto</category><guid>reliefWeb-284078425b2b14ed832072018a7411e5</guid><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051212080800</sortelement></item><item xmlns:emm="http://emm.jrc.org/EMM/" emm:score="0.09674471"><pubDate>2005-12-12T08:08+0100</pubDate><emm:day>20051212</emm:day><link>http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/RMOI-6JZ7R3?OpenDocument</link><source>reliefWeb</source><title>Pakistan: District delivers more than US$5 million in aid to quake victims</title><dc:language xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">en</dc:language><description>By Vukoni Lupa-Lasaga, Rotary International News Local and international Rotary clubs and districts have contributed more than US$5 million in cash and in kind toward emergency relief to survivors of the deadly 8 October earthquake, according to Pakistan Rotary leaders.</description><category>HealthSocialServicesRKW</category><category>TerrorismBiological</category><category>DonorsBanksRKW</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>UNbodies</category><category>Pakistan</category><category>HUmanDevelopmentRKW</category><category>SMSAuto</category><guid>reliefWeb-c98914ad6d6c0c081ce4023847bc7ff6</guid><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051212080800</sortelement></item><item xmlns:emm="http://emm.jrc.org/EMM/" emm:score="0.09674471"><pubDate>2005-12-12T08:08+0100</pubDate><emm:day>20051212</emm:day><link>http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/RMOI-6JZ7UM?OpenDocument</link><source>reliefWeb</source><title>Boyd calls for more aid for quake victims after Pakistan visit</title><dc:language xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">en</dc:language><description>By Vukoni Lupa-Lasaga, Rotary International News Rotary International President-elect William B. Boyd visited with Pakistan Rotarians and political leaders on 3-5 December to convey the Rotary world's solidarity with the country, which bore the brunt of the worst earthquake disaster in recent history.</description><category>TerrorismBiological</category><category>Ireland</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>Pakistan</category><category>HUmanDevelopmentRKW</category><category>SMSAuto</category><guid>reliefWeb-7c78c0a6026402708d4d00a0498eb9f8</guid><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051212080800</sortelement></item><item xmlns:emm="http://emm.jrc.org/EMM/" emm:score="0.11849932"><pubDate>2005-12-12T06:08+0100</pubDate><emm:day>20051212</emm:day><link>http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/RMOI-6JZ5DK?OpenDocument</link><source>reliefWeb</source><title>Protect animals in Pakistan this winter</title><dc:language xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">en</dc:language><description>The Situation So Far The October earthquake in Pakistan and Kashmir had a devastating affect on the region. 80,000 people are estimated to have died and millions more have been affected, losing families, friends, homes and livelihoods. When the earthquake hit, around 30% of livestock perished,....</description><category>TerrorismBiological</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>Pakistan</category><category>SMSAuto</category><category>TransportationInfrastructureRKW</category><guid>reliefWeb-d6be42bd579b10f4cd29c0867dad3c64</guid><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051212060800</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Young global leaders to visit quake-hit regions of Pakistan (India Infoline)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Pakistan+Earthquake/SIG=11orj60dt/*http%3A//www.indiainfoline.com/news/news.asp?dat=71709</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Pakistan+Earthquake/SIG=11orj60dt/*http%3A//www.indiainfoline.com/news/news.asp?dat=71709</guid><pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2005 05:36:55 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A delegation of Young Global Leaders will visit the earthquake-ravaged regions of Pakistan from Tuesday 13 December through Friday 16 December to begin drawing up an action plan that should help contribute to reconstruction efforts.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051212063655</sortelement></item><item xmlns:emm="http://emm.jrc.org/EMM/" emm:score="0.11612941"><pubDate>2005-12-12T04:08+0100</pubDate><emm:day>20051212</emm:day><link>http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/RMOI-6JZ4K8?OpenDocument</link><source>reliefWeb</source><title>Latest update from the Concern team in Pakistan</title><dc:language xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">en</dc:language><description>Two months after the earthquake that devastated Pakistan on the 8th of October, the death toll is estimated at 83,000. The focus of a huge aid effort is on keeping survivors alive in freezing mountains and preventing disease in crowded tent camps in the valleys.</description><category>WaterSanitationRKW</category><category>DonorsBanksRKW</category><category>Entities</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>UNbodies</category><category>Pakistan</category><category>SMSAuto</category><category>RuralDevelopmentRKW</category><guid>reliefWeb-9ea25a2e396c378f8004d8b956966357</guid><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051212040800</sortelement></item><item xmlns:emm="http://emm.jrc.org/EMM/" emm:score="0.09682937"><pubDate>2005-12-12T03:07+0100</pubDate><emm:day>20051212</emm:day><link>http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2005570431,00.html</link><source>thesun</source><title>Let's get £20k for fund</title><dc:language xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">en</dc:language><description>THE Sun today launches a fresh appeal — to raise another £20,000 by Christmas for victims of the Pakistan earthquake. Our army of readers have already helped shelter 1,000 people by giving £80,000. Now we want to boost the total to £100,000. Tents and blankets are still desperately needed.</description><category>Entities</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>Pakistan</category><category>SMSAuto</category><guid>thesun-57c18dd19c7063a6f20ffb51bb3a7590</guid><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051212030700</sortelement></item><item xmlns:emm="http://emm.jrc.org/EMM/" emm:score="0.16127057"><pubDate>2005-12-12T02:40+0100</pubDate><emm:day>20051212</emm:day><link>http://www.wsfa.com/Global/story.asp?S=4230662</link><source>topix</source><title>Quake survivors burned half the books from ruined library in Kashmir to keep warm</title><dc:language xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">en</dc:language><description>WSFA Montgomery | 5 hours ago MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan After a devastating earthquake struck Pakistan in October, some survivors burned books to stay warm.</description><category>Pakistan</category><guid>topix-29273eb1a4b1cf101ad8cbdca92a1ff4</guid><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051212024000</sortelement></item><item xmlns:emm="http://emm.jrc.org/EMM/" emm:score="0.09683412"><pubDate>2005-12-12T02:11+0100</pubDate><emm:day>20051212</emm:day><link>http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/Story.asp?Article=129590&amp;Sn=BNEW&amp;IssueID=28267</link><source>GulfDailyNews</source><title>Raiders steal mosque cash</title><dc:language xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">en</dc:language><description>By KANWAL TARIQ HAMEED THIEVES smashed a mosque's charity collection box and made off with the contents while the congregation prayed, it was revealed yesterday. 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News)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Pakistan+Earthquake/SIG=1317r5m6h/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051211/wl_sthasia_afp/quakesasiapakistanirelandaid_051211075819</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Pakistan+Earthquake/SIG=1317r5m6h/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051211/wl_sthasia_afp/quakesasiapakistanirelandaid_051211075819</guid><pubDate>Sun, 11 Dec 2005 07:58:19 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Ireland is doubling its relief package for the victims of the October earthquake in Pakistan to 10 million euros (11.8 million dollars), the government said.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051211085819</sortelement></item><item xmlns:emm="http://emm.jrc.org/EMM/" emm:score="0.12075794"><pubDate>2005-12-11T06:35+0100</pubDate><emm:day>20051211</emm:day><link>http://www.washtimes.com//op-ed/20051210-090836-9529r.htm</link><source>washtimes</source><title>EDITORIAL: Aftershocks in Pakistan</title><dc:language xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">en</dc:language><description>Aftershocks in Pakistan TODAY'S EDITORIAL December 11, 2005 There have been more than 900 aftershocks to Pakistan's devastating Oct. 8 earthquake, and the effects on the political landscape have also been seismic, with both positive and negative effects. 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Key issues are land tenure and winterization of tents in spontaneous settlements and camps. Accelerated distribution of non-food items (NFIs), particularly of plastic sheeting, CGIs, blankets and stoves is required. 2. 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Asia News)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Pakistan+Earthquake/SIG=11qnaceoi/*http%3A//asia.news.yahoo.com/051209/kyodo/d8ecnil00.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Pakistan+Earthquake/SIG=11qnaceoi/*http%3A//asia.news.yahoo.com/051209/kyodo/d8ecnil00.html</guid><pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2005 12:32:16 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ _ Pakistan's federal relief commissioner, Maj.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051209133216</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[News - Relief to Pakistan intensifies (AlertNet)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Pakistan+Earthquake/SIG=12s4cb3rv/*http%3A//www.alertnet.org/thenews/fromthefield/216872/161ea6af1252da8036b028c4df391f6b.htm</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Pakistan+Earthquake/SIG=12s4cb3rv/*http%3A//www.alertnet.org/thenews/fromthefield/216872/161ea6af1252da8036b028c4df391f6b.htm</guid><pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2005 12:07:14 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Emergency relief is still critical in northern Pakistan two months after the massive earthquake on 8 October.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051209130714</sortelement></item><item xmlns:emm="http://emm.jrc.org/EMM/" emm:score="0.096642174"><pubDate>2005-12-09T10:08+0100</pubDate><emm:day>20051209</emm:day><link>http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/EVOD-6JWCEA?OpenDocument</link><source>reliefWeb</source><title>Pakistan: Poor health conditions at emergency quake camps</title><dc:language xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">en</dc:language><description>[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] ISLAMABAD, 8 December (IRIN) - Health experts have expressed grave concern over unsanitary conditions at over 1,000 spontaneous camps housing earthquake survivors in parts of northern Pakistan and Pakistani-administered Kashmir.</description><category>DonorsBanksRKW</category><category>CommunicableDiseases</category><category>UnitedKingdom</category><category>CommunicableDiseaseCases</category><category>TerrorismBiological</category><category>Switzerland</category><category>InformationCommunicationsRKW</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>Canada</category><category>TransportationInfrastructureRKW</category><category>Echo</category><category>Netherlands</category><category>SMSAuto</category><category>Australia</category><category>Japan</category><category>Sweden</category><category>CommunicableDiseaseOutbreaks</category><category>Pakistan</category><category>USA</category><category>HealthSocialServicesRKW</category><category>Norway</category><guid>reliefWeb-b78c3b5d96987ae70dfd6924dd4f65e1</guid><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051209100800</sortelement></item><item xmlns:emm="http://emm.jrc.org/EMM/" emm:score="0.57502395"><pubDate>2005-12-09T10:08+0100</pubDate><emm:day>20051209</emm:day><link>http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/JFUA-6JW8BY?OpenDocument</link><source>reliefWeb</source><title>Pakistan: Red Cross Red Crescent redoubles efforts to bring winterized shelter to earthquake survivors</title><dc:language xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">en</dc:language><description>Two months on since a massive earthquake hit Pakistan, killing more than 73,000 people, injuring over 100,000 and leaving some three million homeless, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies is redoubling its efforts to deliver winterized tents and other shelter....</description><category>TerrorismBiological</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>Pakistan</category><category>InformationCommunicationsRKW</category><category>Echo</category><category>SMSAuto</category><category>ManMadeDisasters</category><guid>reliefWeb-cb5d6fdcd340df92edbd1510d908a444</guid><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051209100800</sortelement></item><item xmlns:emm="http://emm.jrc.org/EMM/" emm:score="0.1908698"><pubDate>2005-12-09T10:08+0100</pubDate><emm:day>20051209</emm:day><link>http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/RMOI-6JW389?OpenDocument</link><source>reliefWeb</source><title>Save the Children Alliance: Pakistan earthquake response situation report - 6 Dec 2005</title><dc:language xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">en</dc:language><description>Hidayatullah - aged 52 lives in Village Nogram, which has a population of 267 households. 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The woman, who suffered leg injuries in the massive October 8 quake, alleged....</description><category>Pakistan</category><category>HUmanDevelopmentRKW</category><guid>timesofindia-67d39030da9ee347085dfcd0f08bdb44</guid><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051208035800</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[To help earthquake victims (Martha's Vineyard Times)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Pakistan+Earthquake/SIG=12bjtrkos/*http%3A//www.mvtimes.com/calendar/12082005/weekly_stories/earthquake.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Pakistan+Earthquake/SIG=12bjtrkos/*http%3A//www.mvtimes.com/calendar/12082005/weekly_stories/earthquake.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2005 00:33:23 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The Martha's Vineyard Hebrew Center's Social Action Committee, Island teens, and members of many other faiths joined forces to raise money for the Pakistan and Kashmir earthquake victims.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051208013323</sortelement></item><item xmlns:emm="http://emm.jrc.org/EMM/" emm:score="0.13536637"><pubDate>2005-12-08T00:11+0100</pubDate><emm:day>20051208</emm:day><link>http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/Story.asp?Article=129314&amp;Sn=WORL&amp;IssueID=28263</link><source>GulfDailyNews</source><title>Rape doctor held in Pakistan</title><dc:language xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">en</dc:language><description>LAHORE: Police in Pakistan yesterday arrested a doctor for allegedly raping a young woman who was injured in the giant South Asian earthquake, officials said.</description><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>Pakistan</category><category>SMSAuto</category><guid>GulfDailyNews-a9fcf6423b7f663b03013d87f0ae5b25</guid><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051208001100</sortelement></item><item xmlns:emm="http://emm.jrc.org/EMM/" emm:score="0.09669027"><pubDate>2005-12-08T00:08+0100</pubDate><emm:day>20051208</emm:day><link>http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/KKEE-6JUTSE?OpenDocument</link><source>reliefWeb</source><title>Pakistan: Sufficient shelter still priority for World Vision &amp; quake survivors as winter bites</title><dc:language xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">en</dc:language><description>World Vision is prioritising the winterisation of family tents and Child Friendly Spaces to afford quake survivors in Pakistan’s North West Frontier Province (NWFP) sufficient shelter as the Himalayan winter sets in. 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(photo: US Navy ) Khaleej Times</description><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>Turkey</category><category>Pakistan</category><category>SMSAuto</category><category>India</category><category>China</category><guid>arabworldnews-364193739787227b838c87425d4c70da</guid><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051207224200</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tent fire kills 7 quake survivors in Pakistan (Japan Today)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Pakistan+Earthquake/SIG=11t2lun5g/*http%3A//www.japantoday.com/e/?content=news&amp;cat=7&amp;id=357694</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Pakistan+Earthquake/SIG=11t2lun5g/*http%3A//www.japantoday.com/e/?content=news&amp;cat=7&amp;id=357694</guid><pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2005 22:29:36 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ISLAMABAD — Seven earthquake survivors in northern Pakistan were killed when their tent caught fire, a Defense Ministry spokesman said Wednesday.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051207232936</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[NGOs Pass the Exam in Pakistan Earthquake (Zaman Online)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Pakistan+Earthquake/SIG=120g1liic/*http%3A//www.zaman.com/?bl=national&amp;alt=&amp;trh=20051208&amp;hn=27242</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Pakistan+Earthquake/SIG=120g1liic/*http%3A//www.zaman.com/?bl=national&amp;alt=&amp;trh=20051208&amp;hn=27242</guid><pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2005 22:16:21 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[As a result of the 7.6 magnitude earthquake that rocked Pakistan on October 8, approximately 900,000 people died. Turkish people immediately took action after the quake and showered the bank accounts non-governmental organizations opened with donations.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051207231621</sortelement></item><item xmlns:emm="http://emm.jrc.org/EMM/" emm:score="0.096710876"><pubDate>2005-12-07T22:08+0100</pubDate><emm:day>20051207</emm:day><link>http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/NKUA-6JUNC4?OpenDocument</link><source>reliefWeb</source><title>Pakistan needs to build 400,000 quake-zone houses</title><dc:language xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">en</dc:language><description>By Zeeshan Haider ISLAMABAD, Dec 7 (Reuters) - More than 400,000 houses need to be built in northern Pakistan for those left homeless by October's catastrophic earthquake, the official responsible for quake reconstruction said on Wednesday. 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The board had already approved and granted an initial and immediate assistance programme of about $500 million, immediately following the October 8 earthquake.</description><category>DonorsBanksRKW</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>Pakistan</category><category>SMSAuto</category><guid>reliefWeb-c7d6f874bfb76844ae6745e3bee1a21b</guid><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051207200800</sortelement></item><item xmlns:emm="http://emm.jrc.org/EMM/" emm:score="0.11520877"><pubDate>2005-12-07T18:34+0100</pubDate><emm:day>20051207</emm:day><link>http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/subcontinent/2005/December/subcontinent_December254.xml&amp;section=subcontinent</link><source>khaleejtimes</source><title>‘Pakistan needs to build 400,000 quake-zone houses’</title><dc:language xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">en</dc:language><description>‘Pakistan needs to build 400,000 quake-zone houses’ (Reuters) 7 December 2005 ISLAMABAD - More than 400,000 houses need to be built in northern Pakistan for those left homeless by October’s catastrophic earthquake, the official responsible for quake reconstruction said on Wednesday.</description><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>Turkey</category><category>Pakistan</category><category>SMSAuto</category><category>India</category><category>China</category><guid>khaleejtimes-364193739787227b838c87425d4c70da</guid><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051207183400</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pakistan protects quake orphans, destitute women (RedNova)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Pakistan+Earthquake/SIG=13pmj25d2/*http%3A//www.redorbit.com/news/health/323487/pakistan_protects_quake_orphans_destitute_women/index.html?source=r_health</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Pakistan+Earthquake/SIG=13pmj25d2/*http%3A//www.redorbit.com/news/health/323487/pakistan_protects_quake_orphans_destitute_women/index.html?source=r_health</guid><pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2005 17:07:09 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[By Suzanna Koster HATTIAN, Pakistan (Reuters) - Orphaned by an earthquake almost eight weeks ago, Abdul Waheed watches other boys in a government-run refuge play cricket as he waits for his turn to bat. The 13-year-old Pakistani boy feels safer than at any time since the disaster killed his widower father and left him and his six younger brothers and sisters homeless. "It is our luck that we came ]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051207180709</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pakistan protects quake orphans, destitute women (Reuters)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Pakistan+Earthquake/SIG=1206c3onh/*http%3A//feeds.feedburner.com/Reuters/LifeAndLeisureNews?m=225</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Pakistan+Earthquake/SIG=1206c3onh/*http%3A//feeds.feedburner.com/Reuters/LifeAndLeisureNews?m=225</guid><pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2005 16:48:19 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[HATTIAN, Pakistan (Reuters) - Orphaned by an earthquake almost eight weeks ago, Abdul Waheed watches other boys in a government-run refuge play cricket as he waits for his turn to bat. ]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051207174819</sortelement></item><item xmlns:emm="http://emm.jrc.org/EMM/" emm:score="0.096733555"><pubDate>2005-12-07T16:05+0100</pubDate><emm:day>20051207</emm:day><link>http://www.washtimes.com//upi/20051207-090141-2653r.htm</link><source>washtimes</source><title>Quake survivors' tent burns, 7 killed</title><dc:language xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">en</dc:language><description>Quake survivors' tent burns, 7 killed Dec. 7, 2005 at 9:12AM A candle set fire to a tent housing Himalayan survivors from Pakistan's massive earthquake, killing seven people, state-run PTV reported Wednesday. 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News)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Pakistan+Earthquake/SIG=12a7sqmo3/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051207/wl_nm/quake_southasia_housing_dc_1</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Pakistan+Earthquake/SIG=12a7sqmo3/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051207/wl_nm/quake_southasia_housing_dc_1</guid><pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2005 14:44:55 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ More than 400,000 houses need to be built in northern Pakistan for those left homeless by October's catastrophic earthquake, the official responsible for quake reconstruction said on Wednesday.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051207154455</sortelement></item><item xmlns:emm="http://emm.jrc.org/EMM/" emm:score="0.096694924"><pubDate>2005-12-07T14:40+0100</pubDate><emm:day>20051207</emm:day><link>http://today.reuters.com/News/newsArticle.aspx?type=lifeAndLeisureNews&amp;storyID=2005-12-07T131438Z_01_ARM747623_RTRUKOC_0_US-QUAKE-SOUTHASIA-REFUGE-LIFESTYLE-FEATURE.xml</link><source>reuters</source><title>Pakistan protects quake orphans, destitute women</title><dc:language xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">en</dc:language><description>By Suzanna Koster HATTIAN, Pakistan (Reuters) - Orphaned by an earthquake almost eight weeks ago, Abdul Waheed watches other boys in a government-run refuge play cricket as he waits for his turn to bat. The 13-year-old Pakistani boy feels safer than at any time since the disaster killed his widower....</description><category>ManMadeDisasters</category><category>Pakistan</category><category>SMSAuto</category><category>sportsRKW</category><category>sports</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category><guid>reuters-afceb532e022443d3e968f7a789156f2</guid><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051207144000</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Emergency appeal for earthquake equines (Horse and Hound)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Pakistan+Earthquake/SIG=11mvqstqq/*http%3A//www.horseandhound.co.uk/news/397/71837.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Pakistan+Earthquake/SIG=11mvqstqq/*http%3A//www.horseandhound.co.uk/news/397/71837.html</guid><pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2005 14:34:47 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The Brooke is appealing for help for the thousands of horses and donkeys in Pakistan that are facing heavy snow and freezing winter temperatures without shelter, two months after an earthquake devastated north-west Pakistan.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051207153447</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tent blaze kills seven Pakistan earthquake survivors (Islamic Republic News Agency)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Pakistan+Earthquake/SIG=1211dgtds/*http%3A//www.irna.ir/en/news/view/menu-235/0512079081175020.htm</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Pakistan+Earthquake/SIG=1211dgtds/*http%3A//www.irna.ir/en/news/view/menu-235/0512079081175020.htm</guid><pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2005 14:34:18 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Pakistan - Blaze At least seven Pakistan earthquake survivors, including four children, have died and three others injured when fire erupted in a tent in the country's quake-hit zone, state run television reported on Wednesday.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051207153418</sortelement></item><item xmlns:emm="http://emm.jrc.org/EMM/" emm:score="0.09214274"><pubDate>2005-12-07T14:32+0100</pubDate><emm:day>20051207</emm:day><link>http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7001358984</link><source>RSS-allheadlinenews</source><title>Tent Fire Kills Pakistani Quake Survivors</title><dc:language xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">en</dc:language><description>Tent Fire Kills Pakistani Quake Survivors December 7, 2005 8:00 a.m. EST Christina Ficara - All Headline News Staff Reporter Pakistan (AHN) - Seven survivors left homeless by Pakistan's catastrophic earthquake are dead after a fire breaks out in a tent they were temporarily housed in. Those killed include four children.</description><category>CommunicableDiseaseCases</category><category>Pakistan</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>MigrationRKW</category><category>SMSAuto</category><category>DonorsBanksRKW</category><category>TransportationInfrastructureRKW</category><guid>RSS-allheadlinenews-9b966dec021dbb49711f1e860fde515c</guid><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051207143200</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pakistan protects quake orphans, destitute women (Reuters)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Pakistan+Earthquake/SIG=120nnh1ig/*http%3A//feeds.feedburner.com/Reuters/LifeAndLeisureNews?m=219</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Pakistan+Earthquake/SIG=120nnh1ig/*http%3A//feeds.feedburner.com/Reuters/LifeAndLeisureNews?m=219</guid><pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2005 13:33:21 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[HATTIAN, Pakistan (Reuters) - Orphaned by an earthquake almost eight weeks ago, Abdul Waheed watches other boys in a government-run refuge play cricket as he waits for his turn to bat. ]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051207143321</sortelement></item><item xmlns:emm="http://emm.jrc.org/EMM/" emm:score="0.8491357"><pubDate>2005-12-07T13:16+0100</pubDate><emm:day>20051207</emm:day><link>http://www.mediafax.ro/english/articole-free/India-and-Pakistan-teams-join-forces-for-the-victims-of-the-earthquake-427798-9.html</link><source>mediafax</source><title>India and Pakistan teams join forces for the victims of the earthquake</title><dc:language xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">en</dc:language><description>India and Pakistan will form a joint team for Thursday’s field hokey match in Madras, against a world’s team in order to raise funds for the victims of the earthquake that shook Pakistan on October 8, informs AFP.</description><category>India</category><category>Pakistan</category><category>SMSAuto</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category><guid>mediafax-547c649fb37c499ce29199ed70283d5a</guid><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051207131600</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seven Pakistan earthquake survivors die in tent blaze (ABC Radio Australia)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Pakistan+Earthquake/SIG=11ise0dk6/*http%3A//abc.net.au/ra/news/stories/s1526225.htm</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Pakistan+Earthquake/SIG=11ise0dk6/*http%3A//abc.net.au/ra/news/stories/s1526225.htm</guid><pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2005 12:26:01 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Seven survivors of the Pakistani earthquake, including four children, have died in a tent fire.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051207132601</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Turkish NGOs Pass the Exam in Pakistan Earthquake (Zaman Online)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Pakistan+Earthquake/SIG=1202h9go6/*http%3A//www.zaman.com/?bl=national&amp;alt=&amp;trh=20051207&amp;hn=27242</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Pakistan+Earthquake/SIG=1202h9go6/*http%3A//www.zaman.com/?bl=national&amp;alt=&amp;trh=20051207&amp;hn=27242</guid><pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2005 12:13:36 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[As a result of the 7.6 magnitude earthquake that rocked Pakistan on October 8, approximately 900,000 people died. Turkish people immediately took action after the quake and showered the bank accounts non-governmental organizations opened with donations.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051207131336</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tent fire kills 7 quake survivors in N. Pakistan (Kyodo via Yahoo! 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A sum of Rs. 1831.1 million were paid to next of kin of dead and injured whereas Rs.</description><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>TransportationInfrastructureRKW</category><category>SMSAuto</category><category>Pakistan</category><category>BangladeshTRKW</category><category>Bangladesh</category><guid>reliefWeb-58ad6239fb43bf317b0461d0f7118059</guid><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051206180700</sortelement></item><item xmlns:emm="http://emm.jrc.org/EMM/" emm:score="0.09675845"><pubDate>2005-12-06T18:07+0100</pubDate><emm:day>20051206</emm:day><link>http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/VBOL-6JTKP5?OpenDocument</link><source>reliefWeb</source><title>Pakistan: US Military doctors provide medical aid to 5,000 patients</title><dc:language xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">en</dc:language><description>U.S. military aviation and medical units both exceeded a 5,000 milestone in the last two days here while supporting Pakistan-led earthquake relief efforts by providing medical treatment to 5,000 patients and delivering 5,000 tones of relief goods. U.S.</description><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>TransportationInfrastructureRKW</category><category>SMSAuto</category><category>Pakistan</category><category>Afghanistan</category><guid>reliefWeb-81d4f867e176f4d75e61a0464b410a8b</guid><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051206180700</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pakistan's Quake Victims Struggle in Remote Regions (NPR)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Pakistan+Earthquake/SIG=12civafe6/*http%3A//www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5040464&amp;ft=1&amp;f=1004</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Pakistan+Earthquake/SIG=12civafe6/*http%3A//www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5040464&amp;ft=1&amp;f=1004</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2005 14:59:53 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Last weekend, the World Food Program appealed for urgent funds to keep an airlift operating through the winter months for Pakistan's earthquake victims. 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Renee Montagne talks with Nick Lawson, head of the mission in Pakistan for Doctors Without Borders.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051206155144</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Help Earthquake Victims By Donating Blankets (Manchester United)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Pakistan+Earthquake/SIG=12g9s0obm/*http%3A//www.manutd.com/news/fullstory.sps?iNewsid=281869&amp;itype=&amp;icategoryid=0</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Pakistan+Earthquake/SIG=12g9s0obm/*http%3A//www.manutd.com/news/fullstory.sps?iNewsid=281869&amp;itype=&amp;icategoryid=0</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2005 14:37:25 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The recent earthquake in south Asia has left hundreds of thousands of people in danger of freezing to death this winter in Pakistan and Kashmir.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051206153725</sortelement></item><item xmlns:emm="http://emm.jrc.org/EMM/" emm:score="0.11529075"><pubDate>2005-12-06T14:07+0100</pubDate><emm:day>20051206</emm:day><link>http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/VBOL-6JTET8?OpenDocument</link><source>reliefWeb</source><title>Pakistan: The emergency is not over!</title><dc:language xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">en</dc:language><description>"We're still fully involved in emergency response activities, but both money and time are running out," says Atle Sommerfeldt, Norwegian Church Aid's General Secretary, on his return from Pakistan. 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But Pakistan's poor track record of torture, lack of human rights and often ill-treatment of women makes life difficult for Norwegian diplomats. Norway has supported Pakistani human rights activists....</description><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>Norway</category><category>SMSAuto</category><category>Pakistan</category><category>Afghanistan</category><category>Society</category><category>India</category><guid>aftenposten-en-1474bb32fc6c8fc95f6ddc4a94a9a591</guid><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051206140100</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stoltenberg visits Pakistan (Aftenposten)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Pakistan+Earthquake/SIG=11ubhomnr/*http%3A//www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article1172803.ece</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Pakistan+Earthquake/SIG=11ubhomnr/*http%3A//www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article1172803.ece</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2005 13:34:22 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Norway's new prime minister, Jens Stoltenberg, was in Pakistan on Tuesday, ready to push for human rights and extend more support to earthquake victims.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051206143422</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Launch of the Pakistan Earthquake Appeal Concert and Fashion Show (clickwalla.com)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Pakistan+Earthquake/SIG=12l1trao4/*http%3A//www.clickwalla.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=564&amp;Itemid=36</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Pakistan+Earthquake/SIG=12l1trao4/*http%3A//www.clickwalla.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=564&amp;Itemid=36</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2005 12:09:34 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Asia House and the Asian Music Circuit, in association with the Pakistan Britain Trade & Investment Forum (PBTIF), recently launched the Pakistan Earthquake Appeal Concert and Fashion Show, a spectacular concert and fashion show in aid of the Pakistan earthquake victims which will take place at London’s Royal Albert Hall on Tuesday 13th December 2005.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051206130934</sortelement></item><item xmlns:emm="http://emm.jrc.org/EMM/" emm:score="0.11532411"><pubDate>2005-12-06T12:07+0100</pubDate><emm:day>20051206</emm:day><link>http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/DPAS-6JTEB6?OpenDocument</link><source>reliefWeb</source><title>Pakistan: Quake update</title><dc:language xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">en</dc:language><description>With heavy snow forecast by the end of this week, we are standing by for a possible exodus of earthquake affected people from the higher elevations. The Pakistan government estimates that 100 - 200,000 more people could come down in the North West Frontier Province, NWFP, and 30,000 in Pakistan-administered Kashmir.</description><category>Turkey</category><category>Echo</category><category>Jordan</category><category>Pakistan</category><category>China</category><category>Denmark</category><category>UNbodies</category><category>Iran</category><category>India</category><guid>reliefWeb-d2cf06ce54a994acc0925b3de8806a8d</guid><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051206120700</sortelement></item><item xmlns:emm="http://emm.jrc.org/EMM/" emm:score="0.11620758"><pubDate>2005-12-06T12:07+0100</pubDate><emm:day>20051206</emm:day><link>http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/VBOL-6JTD4Q?OpenDocument</link><source>reliefWeb</source><title>Fleet Forum improves aid operations in Sudan</title><dc:language xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">en</dc:language><description>Logistics plays a crucial role in delivering humanitarian aid, as was recently demonstrated again in the aftermath of the earthquake in Pakistan and the hurricane Katrina. 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The main Bagh-Kahuta road through which IOM transports goods in the region has been cut off by snow.</description><category>Pakistan</category><category>HealthSocialServicesRKW</category><category>SMSAuto</category><category>ManMadeDisasters</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category><guid>reliefWeb-3c6425aa72e792dfd9a9d0fa058ff3a6</guid><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051206120700</sortelement></item><item xmlns:emm="http://emm.jrc.org/EMM/" emm:score="0.12950774"><pubDate>2005-12-06T12:02+0100</pubDate><emm:day>20051206</emm:day><link>http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/ISL254340.htm</link><source>alertnet</source><title>UNICEF fears increased child labour in quake area</title><dc:language xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">en</dc:language><description>By Suzanna Koster PATTIKA, Pakistan, Dec 6 (Reuters) - The U.N. children's agency is worried child survivors of Pakistan's earthquake are having to look for work to support their families. 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This was announced by Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg who is visiting the region.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051206084109</sortelement></item><item><title><![CDATA[Himalayan winter set to hit hard earthquake zone (Khaleej Times)]]></title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Pakistan+Earthquake/SIG=14fma5gf9/*http%3A//www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/subcontinent/2005/December/subcontinent_December203.xml&amp;section=subcontinent&amp;col=</link><guid isPermaLink="false">http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Pakistan+Earthquake/SIG=14fma5gf9/*http%3A//www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/subcontinent/2005/December/subcontinent_December203.xml&amp;section=subcontinent&amp;col=</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2005 05:12:15 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[MUZAFFARABAD — Weather forecasters issued a grim warning yesterday for Pakistan’s earthquake survivors: A blast of Himalayan winter is on the way that will hamper aid deliveries and create conditions ripe for weather-related ailments.]]></description><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051206061215</sortelement></item><item xmlns:emm="http://emm.jrc.org/EMM/" emm:score="0.07737702"><pubDate>2005-12-06T03:26+0100</pubDate><emm:day>20051206</emm:day><link>http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/Story.asp?Article=129183&amp;Sn=WORL&amp;IssueID=28261</link><source>GulfDailyNews</source><title>Trauma of quake-hit orphans...</title><dc:language xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">en</dc:language><description>HATTIAN, Pakistan: Orphaned by an earthquake almost eight weeks ago, Abdul Waheed watches other boys in a government-run refuge play cricket as he waits for his turn to bat. 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Day by day, snow covering the tops of the jagged Himalayan peaks creeps down the mountains, threatening many earthquake survivors.</description><category>TransportationInfrastructureRKW</category><category>CzechRepublic</category><category>Pakistan</category><category>Luxemburg</category><category>Lithuania</category><category>Portugal</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>Spain</category><category>France</category><category>UnitedKingdom</category><category>Italy</category><category>Letland</category><category>Poland</category><guid>reliefWeb-cf2af50b28abe485da2c10f3dde1cccb</guid><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051202191100</sortelement></item><item xmlns:emm="http://emm.jrc.org/EMM/" emm:score="0.09658906"><pubDate>2005-12-02T18:48+0100</pubDate><emm:day>20051202</emm:day><link>http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1314918.cms</link><source>timesofindia</source><title>Pak film festival dedicated to quake victims</title><dc:language xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">en</dc:language><description>KARACHI: Organisers dedicated the Fifth Karachi International Film Festival to victims of Pakistan's catastrophic earthquake ahead of the event's official opening on late Thursday. Proceeds from the four top movies being shown at the festival in the country's biggest city will be donated towards relief efforts, chief organiser Hasan Zaidi said.</description><category>Pakistan</category><category>USARKW</category><category>Germany</category><category>Iran</category><category>Canada</category><category>BangladeshTRKW</category><category>SriLanka</category><category>Chile</category><category>Brazil</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>CanadaRKW</category><category>France</category><category>Bangladesh</category><category>Italy</category><category>USA</category><category>India</category><category>Poland</category><guid>timesofindia-aa42b9e3706f01f2d5f547188918180f</guid><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051202184800</sortelement></item><item xmlns:emm="http://emm.jrc.org/EMM/" emm:score="0.09658906"><pubDate>2005-12-02T18:16+0100</pubDate><emm:day>20051202</emm:day><link>http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/HMYT-6JPMGM?OpenDocument</link><source>reliefWeb</source><title>DFID CHAD OT Situation Report No. 30 - South Asia earthquake</title><dc:language xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">en</dc:language><description>I. SITUATION OVERVIEW Background 7.6 earthquake (depth 10 kilometres) hit at 08.50 Pakistan time (03.50 GMT), on 8 October with the epicentre in Muzaffarabad, 95km north-northeast of Islamabad (highly populated). Area affected approximately 30,000 sq. miles.</description><category>India</category><category>UNbodies</category><category>ChadTRKW</category><category>IndiaRKW</category><category>Chad</category><category>PakistanRKW</category><category>Echo</category><category>DonorsBanksRKW</category><category>HealthSocialServicesRKW</category><category>HUmanDevelopmentRKW</category><category>CommunicableDiseaseCases</category><category>CommunicableDiseases</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>CommunicableDiseaseOutbreaks</category><category>TerrorismBiological</category><category>WaterSanitationRKW</category><category>Entities</category><category>Pakistan</category><category>MigrationRKW</category><guid>reliefWeb-220e40c9981e4708ff371f184dc7be58</guid><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051202181600</sortelement></item><item xmlns:emm="http://emm.jrc.org/EMM/" emm:score="0.09658906"><pubDate>2005-12-02T18:16+0100</pubDate><emm:day>20051202</emm:day><link>http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/HMYT-6JPMA5?OpenDocument</link><source>reliefWeb</source><title>Pakistan: Children orphaned by quake struggling to cope</title><dc:language xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">en</dc:language><description>By Shamsuddin Ahmed UNICEF Communication Officer Shamsuddin Ahmed is on the ground in earthquake-ravaged Muzaffarabad, Pakistan, to gather information about children who survived the quake, but are left behind without their parents. The following is his eyewitness account of a little boy struggling to cope with his parents’ death.</description><category>Migration</category><category>DonorsBanksRKW</category><category>Pakistan</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>UNbodies</category><guid>reliefWeb-c8aaccc77869fa23fbb34d4734dd2c7b</guid><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051202181600</sortelement></item><item xmlns:emm="http://emm.jrc.org/EMM/" emm:score="0.6702214"><pubDate>2005-12-02T18:16+0100</pubDate><emm:day>20051202</emm:day><link>http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/VBOL-6JPJRW?OpenDocument</link><source>reliefWeb</source><title>Pakistan: 560 wheel chairs distributed among earthquake survivors</title><dc:language xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">en</dc:language><description>Federal Health Minister, Muhammad Nasir Khan on Thursday distributed 560 wheel chairs among children, women and men who became permanently handicapped following October 8 earthquake disaster. The wheel chairs were donated by the Wheel Chairs Foundation, USA with collaboration of Pakistan Civic Association, USA.</description><category>USARKW</category><category>USA</category><category>HealthSocialServicesRKW</category><category>PakistanRKW</category><category>TerrorismBiological</category><category>Pakistan</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category><guid>reliefWeb-93d3cacbfaa7b7303d9011493b823211</guid><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051202181600</sortelement></item><item xmlns:emm="http://emm.jrc.org/EMM/" emm:score="0.09658906"><pubDate>2005-12-02T17:45+0100</pubDate><emm:day>20051202</emm:day><link>http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-5452749,00.html</link><source>guardian</source><title>Pakistani Soldiers Build Quake Shelters</title><dc:language xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">en</dc:language><description>Pakistani Soldiers Build Quake Shelters Friday December 2, 2005 4:16 PM AP Photo MUZ101 By ZARAR KHAN Associated Press Writer MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Racing to beat the Himalayan winter, Pakistani soldiers are constructing 5,000 shelters a day for survivors of the earthquake that devastated....</description><category>Migration</category><category>CommunicableDiseaseOutbreaks</category><category>DonorsBanksRKW</category><category>PakistanRKW</category><category>Pakistan</category><category>MigrationRKW</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category><guid>guardian-42ee3294025c6cffcc1eebcf85b62bbe</guid><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051202174500</sortelement></item><item xmlns:emm="http://emm.jrc.org/EMM/" emm:score="0.115906864"><pubDate>2005-12-02T17:08+0100</pubDate><emm:day>20051202</emm:day><link>http://139.191.254.102/Wires/ap/051202/170842.271.html</link><source>ap</source><title>Far from Europe, NATO tests mettle in a disaster relief role</title><dc:language xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">en</dc:language><description>As NATO troops hefted stones and hauled sand to shore up a mountain road damaged by the earthquake that devastated northern Pakistan, Air Commodore Andrew Walton looked up at a rocky cliff looming overhead</description><category>TerroristAttack</category><category>India</category><category>IndiaRKW</category><category>PakistanRKW</category><category>Katrina</category><category>ManMadeDisasters</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>TerrorismBiological</category><category>Belgium</category><category>Greece</category><category>Pakistan</category><category>USA</category><category>USARKW</category><guid>ap-8b0ecfde234eb01a7e4778bff40e3ee0</guid><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051202170800</sortelement></item><item xmlns:emm="http://emm.jrc.org/EMM/" emm:score="0.13778555"><pubDate>2005-12-02T16:16+0100</pubDate><emm:day>20051202</emm:day><link>http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/VBOL-6JPJ5D?OpenDocument</link><source>reliefWeb</source><title>Emergency humanitarian aid, reconstruction aid and development cooperation: EUR 65 million for Pakistan</title><dc:language xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">en</dc:language><description>The Federal Government's emergency aid In view of the dire situation following the major earthquake in northern Pakistan and in the border region between India and Pakistan, the Federal Government is continuing to increase its relief efforts for the victims of the catastrophe: Humanitarian....</description><category>India</category><category>Germany</category><category>Echo</category><category>DonorsBanksRKW</category><category>EU</category><category>EconomicPolicyEU</category><category>ManMadeDisasters</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>HumanitarianAid</category><category>Pakistan</category><category>Transport</category><guid>reliefWeb-f0f9fec8beddc74979dbd6a07d269754</guid><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051202161600</sortelement></item><item xmlns:emm="http://emm.jrc.org/EMM/" emm:score="0.13778555"><pubDate>2005-12-02T16:16+0100</pubDate><emm:day>20051202</emm:day><link>http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/VBOL-6JPJ6K?OpenDocument</link><source>reliefWeb</source><title>Pakistan: Reconstruction of housing and schools and strengthening of the health sector</title><dc:language xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">en</dc:language><description>Wieczorek-Zeul on the government negotiations concluded with Pakistan Today, Wednesday, the government negotiations between the Federal Republic of Germany and Pakistan have been terminated. In the wake of the devastating earthquake in the Kashmir region and North Western Frontier Province a number....</description><category>HealthSocialServicesRKW</category><category>Echo</category><category>HumanitarianAid</category><category>Pakistan</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>Germany</category><guid>reliefWeb-935c7eb587abbc23ac03e9671212914c</guid><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051202161600</sortelement></item><item xmlns:emm="http://emm.jrc.org/EMM/" emm:score="0.09658906"><pubDate>2005-12-02T15:45+0100</pubDate><emm:day>20051202</emm:day><link>http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-5452520,00.html</link><source>guardian</source><title>Pakistani Soldiers Build Quake Shelters</title><dc:language xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">en</dc:language><description>Pakistani Soldiers Build Quake Shelters Friday December 2, 2005 2:16 PM AP Photo MUZ101 By ZARAR KHAN Associated Press Writer MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Racing to beat the Himalayan winter, Pakistani soldiers are constructing 5,000 shelters a day for survivors of the earthquake that devastated....</description><category>Migration</category><category>CommunicableDiseaseOutbreaks</category><category>DonorsBanksRKW</category><category>PakistanRKW</category><category>Pakistan</category><category>MigrationRKW</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category><guid>guardian-9292b8e2584e4b2be3f1e54cf1426af1</guid><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051202154500</sortelement></item><item xmlns:emm="http://emm.jrc.org/EMM/" emm:score="0.09658906"><pubDate>2005-12-02T15:11+0100</pubDate><emm:day>20051202</emm:day><link>http://www.mg.co.za/articlePage.aspx?articleid=258209&amp;area=/breaking_news/breaking_news__international_news/</link><source>MailGuardian</source><title>Fear, cold intensify in quake camps</title><dc:language xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">en</dc:language><description>Earthquake survivors in Pakistan said on Thursday they fear for their future as a bitter winter intensifies and their life in makeshift tent camps becomes more miserable with each passing day. Almost eight weeks after the devastating October 8 disaster, which killed more than 73 000 people, the fate....</description><category>Echo</category><category>HealthSocialServicesRKW</category><category>Migration</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>WaterSanitationRKW</category><category>Entities</category><category>Pakistan</category><guid>MailGuardian-b7edc5012f5e9ea959724c43ee1cf030</guid><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051202151100</sortelement></item><item xmlns:emm="http://emm.jrc.org/EMM/" emm:score="0.115906864"><pubDate>2005-12-02T15:04+0100</pubDate><emm:day>20051202</emm:day><link>http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&amp;click_id=3&amp;art_id=qw1133525162728B222</link><source>Star</source><title>Pakistan quake tents not suitable for winter</title><dc:language xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">en</dc:language><description>Officials are concerned about the three-million people left homeless after the October earthquake in Pakistan as a brutal Himalayan winter sets, posing a fatal threat to the cold and poorly nourished survivors.</description><category>PakistanRKW</category><category>Pakistan</category><category>MigrationRKW</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category><guid>Star-58b0a547c2d01563e440a4199909158a</guid><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051202150400</sortelement></item><item xmlns:emm="http://emm.jrc.org/EMM/" emm:score="0.115906864"><pubDate>2005-12-02T14:57+0100</pubDate><emm:day>20051202</emm:day><link>http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&amp;click_id=3&amp;art_id=qw1133525162728B222</link><source>iol</source><title>Pakistan quake tents not suitable for winter</title><dc:language xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">en</dc:language><description>Officials are concerned about the three-million people left homeless after the October earthquake in Pakistan as a brutal Himalayan winter sets, posing a fatal threat to the cold and poorly nourished survivors.</description><category>PakistanRKW</category><category>Pakistan</category><category>MigrationRKW</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category><guid>iol-58b0a547c2d01563e440a4199909158a</guid><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051202145700</sortelement></item><item xmlns:emm="http://emm.jrc.org/EMM/" emm:score="0.13522469"><pubDate>2005-12-02T14:48+0100</pubDate><emm:day>20051202</emm:day><link>http://139.191.254.102/Wires/ap/051202/144842.948.html</link><source>ap</source><title>Tents not fully adequate for quake zone; Pakistan army builds 30,000 shelters</title><dc:language xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">en</dc:language><description>Racing to beat the Himalayan winter, Pakistani soldiers are constructing 5,000 shelters a day for survivors of the earthquake that devastated Kashmir and northwestern Pakistan last month, officials said</description><category>Migration</category><category>CommunicableDiseaseOutbreaks</category><category>DonorsBanksRKW</category><category>PakistanRKW</category><category>Pakistan</category><category>MigrationRKW</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category><guid>ap-f1a2079870d8c9967bd40f047173165e</guid><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051202144800</sortelement></item><item xmlns:emm="http://emm.jrc.org/EMM/" emm:score="0.09658906"><pubDate>2005-12-02T14:43+0100</pubDate><emm:day>20051202</emm:day><link>http://www.mg.co.za/articlePage.aspx?articleid=257928&amp;area=/breaking_news/breaking_news__international_news/</link><source>MailGuardian</source><title>Winter claims lives of quake survivors</title><dc:language xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">en</dc:language><description>The onset of winter claimed the lives of at least two earthquake survivors on Monday -- the first confirmed victims of what officials fear will be a new disaster for the 3,5-million Pakistanis who lost their homes last month. With heavy rain and snow lashing Pakistan's part of disputed Kashmir, more....</description><category>India</category><category>IndiaRKW</category><category>PakistanRKW</category><category>ManMadeDisasters</category><category>CommunicableDiseaseCases</category><category>BangladeshSRKW</category><category>CommunicableDiseases</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>CommunicableDiseaseOutbreaks</category><category>TerrorismBiological</category><category>Pakistan</category><guid>MailGuardian-a4129c391fa7546b2ae9849d4adefca6</guid><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051202144300</sortelement></item><item xmlns:emm="http://emm.jrc.org/EMM/" emm:score="0.11482128"><pubDate>2005-12-02T14:11+0100</pubDate><emm:day>20051202</emm:day><link>http://www.mg.co.za/articlepage.aspx?area=/breaking_news/breaking_news__international_news/&amp;articleid=258381</link><source>MailGuardian</source><title>Quake tents 'not adequate' for winter</title><dc:language xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">en</dc:language><description>Aid officials warned on Friday that almost all of the hundreds of thousands of tents they distributed to survivors of Pakistan's massive earthquake last month aren't adequate for the harsh winter, while Pakistan announced soldiers have built 30 000 shelters for the 3,5-million people who lost their homes.</description><category>Migration</category><category>CommunicableDiseaseOutbreaks</category><category>PakistanRKW</category><category>Pakistan</category><category>MigrationRKW</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category><guid>MailGuardian-bf1be0d15d4e672874db00fbd2bf1940</guid><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051202141100</sortelement></item><item xmlns:emm="http://emm.jrc.org/EMM/" emm:score="0.13778555"><pubDate>2005-12-02T13:43+0100</pubDate><emm:day>20051202</emm:day><link>http://139.191.254.102/Wires/ap/051202/134342.032.html</link><source>ap</source><title>Tents not adequate for winter in quake zone; Pakistan army builds 30,000 shelters</title><dc:language xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">en</dc:language><description>Aid officials warned Friday that almost all of the hundreds of thousands of tents they distributed to survivors of Pakistan's massive earthquake last month aren't adequate for the harsh winter, while Pakistan</description><category>PakistanRKW</category><category>DonorsBanksRKW</category><category>Migration</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>CommunicableDiseaseOutbreaks</category><category>Pakistan</category><category>MigrationRKW</category><guid>ap-b38dffb31cf9f9c28b8d39304db89441</guid><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051202134300</sortelement></item><item xmlns:emm="http://emm.jrc.org/EMM/" emm:score="0.11836533"><pubDate>2005-12-02T13:25+0100</pubDate><emm:day>20051202</emm:day><link>http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/99E29D9B-22A8-4CD0-9994-BDED547BDF9E.htm</link><source>aljazeera-en</source><title>Winter tightens grip on quake zone</title><dc:language xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">en</dc:language><description>Villagers in Indian Kashmir, who lost their homes in October's massive earthquake fear they may die if they are forced to spend the icy Himalayan winter in tents. Several pneumonia deaths have already been reported among children who survived the October 8 earthquake in Pakistan and its zone of Kashmir, hit hardest by the quake.</description><category>AlQaedaRKW</category><category>CommunicableDiseaseOutbreaks</category><category>India</category><category>IndiaRKW</category><category>Pakistan</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category><guid>aljazeera-en-8e8ff5a1022360545bd6550bf597bf16</guid><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051202132500</sortelement></item><item xmlns:emm="http://emm.jrc.org/EMM/" emm:score="0.09658906"><pubDate>2005-12-02T12:47+0100</pubDate><emm:day>20051202</emm:day><link>http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/subcontinent/2005/December/subcontinent_December65.xml&amp;section=subcontinent</link><source>khaleejtimes</source><title>Most Pakistan quake tents cannot withstand winter</title><dc:language xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">en</dc:language><description>Most Pakistan quake tents cannot withstand winter (Reuters) 2 December 2005 ISLAMABAD - Most of the tents handed out to Pakistani earthquake survivors are incapable of withstanding the winter and the focus of relief efforts is now on other ways to ensure people stay warm, aid officials said on Friday.</description><category>Pakistan</category><category>MigrationRKW</category><guid>khaleejtimes-f975e468258c05077eca7c9a207d3a1d</guid><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051202124700</sortelement></item><item xmlns:emm="http://emm.jrc.org/EMM/" emm:score="0.09185702"><pubDate>2005-12-02T12:16+0100</pubDate><emm:day>20051202</emm:day><link>http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/VBOL-6JPE6H?OpenDocument</link><source>reliefWeb</source><title>Pakistan says won't extend NATO's quake mission</title><dc:language xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">en</dc:language><description>ISLAMABAD, Dec 1 (Reuters) - NATO troops involved in earthquake relief efforts can go home after their mission ends in February, Pakistan said on Thursday. 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It was a mild quake and its magnitude was 4.</description><category>Iran</category><category>India</category><category>PakistanRKW</category><category>Pakistan</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category><guid>timesofindia-368d9e7cd8a583c1d898d9d3bcd5182a</guid><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051202103300</sortelement></item><item xmlns:emm="http://emm.jrc.org/EMM/" emm:score="0.13522469"><pubDate>2005-12-02T09:18+0100</pubDate><emm:day>20051202</emm:day><link>http://139.191.254.102/Wires/ap/051202/091842.205.html</link><source>ap</source><title>Most tents in Pakistan quake zone not fully adequate for harsh winter, U.N. says</title><dc:language xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">en</dc:language><description>A senior U.N. aid official warned Friday that most of the tents distributed to survivors of Pakistan's massive earthquake are not «winterized» and may not be fully adequate for the Himalayan winter that</description><category>Migration</category><category>Pakistan</category><category>PakistanRKW</category><category>IndiaRKW</category><category>India</category><guid>ap-fefea0388ef6c36bffdf5c21a098ac60</guid><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051202091800</sortelement></item><item xmlns:emm="http://emm.jrc.org/EMM/" emm:score="0.115906864"><pubDate>2005-12-02T09:13+0100</pubDate><emm:day>20051202</emm:day><link>http://139.191.254.102/Wires/ap/051202/091342.056.html</link><source>ap</source><title>U.N warns many tents not fully adequate for quake zone; Pakistan army builds 30,000 shelters</title><dc:language xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">en</dc:language><description>Pakistani soldiers have built 30,000 shelters for survivors of the devastating earthquake that hit Kashmir and northwestern Pakistan last month, but U.N. officials warned Friday that most of the hundreds</description><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>Migration</category><category>CommunicableDiseaseOutbreaks</category><category>Pakistan</category><category>PakistanRKW</category><guid>ap-9b31bea44d6b326a890533a9ab095a3d</guid><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051202091300</sortelement></item><item xmlns:emm="http://emm.jrc.org/EMM/" emm:score="0.09658906"><pubDate>2005-12-02T09:07+0100</pubDate><emm:day>20051202</emm:day><link>http://www.breakingnews.ie/irishnews/story.asp?j=70378080&amp;p=7x37838z&amp;n=70378460&amp;x=</link><source>irish-news</source><title>UN: Quake tents inadequate for harsh winter</title><dc:language xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">en</dc:language><description>UN: Quake tents inadequate for harsh winter 02/12/2005 7:54:01 AM A senior United Nations aid official warned today that 90% of the tents distributed to survivors of Pakistan’s massive earthquake were not adequate for the Himalayan winter that is already rolling into the area.</description><category>Pakistan</category><category>PakistanRKW</category><guid>irish-news-53732f2b9ed290d663074e870e45b179</guid><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051202090700</sortelement></item><item xmlns:emm="http://emm.jrc.org/EMM/" emm:score="0.09658906"><pubDate>2005-12-02T08:51+0100</pubDate><emm:day>20051202</emm:day><link>http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/RMOI-6JP8NP?OpenDocument</link><source>reliefWeb</source><title>Pakistan: Chairman PSM calls on President, informs about quake relief worth Rs 110 million</title><dc:language xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">en</dc:language><description>RAWALPINDI, Dec 1 (APP): Chairman Pakistan Steel Mills Lt Gen (Retd) Abdul Qayyum called on President General Pervez Musharraf on Thursday and presented a cheque of Rs 10 million as contribution to President's Earthquake Victims Relief Fund. 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Using corrugated iron sheets,</description><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>CommunicableDiseaseOutbreaks</category><category>Pakistan</category><category>PakistanRKW</category><guid>ap-44f5324cc48166c3a3265ced48cf2d26</guid><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051202054800</sortelement></item><item xmlns:emm="http://emm.jrc.org/EMM/" emm:score="0.11482128"><pubDate>2005-12-02T04:51+0100</pubDate><emm:day>20051202</emm:day><link>http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/KHII-6JP2PU?OpenDocument</link><source>reliefWeb</source><title>Pakistan: Director of Action Against Hunger warns that more people will die if food supplies are cut off</title><dc:language xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">en</dc:language><description>Action Against Hunger Executive Director Cathy Skoula | Just Returned from Pakistan| Available for Immediate Interviews New York - December 2 - The Pakistan earthquake, which fell from the headlines the past few weeks in spite of severe logistical and financial challenges to deliver aid, looks to....</description><category>DemocraticRepublicCongo</category><category>Pakistan</category><category>IntelligenceRKW</category><category>DemocraticRepublicCongoRKW</category><category>FoodSecurityFoodAid</category><category>RepublicCongo</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>HUmanDevelopmentRKW</category><category>CommunicableDiseaseOutbreaks</category><category>HorizontalMatters</category><category>HealthSocialServicesRKW</category><guid>reliefWeb-f4a20f2d046735b2c19d15b58111c9fd</guid><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051202045100</sortelement></item><item xmlns:emm="http://emm.jrc.org/EMM/" emm:score="0.115906864"><pubDate>2005-12-02T03:53+0100</pubDate><emm:day>20051202</emm:day><link>http://139.191.254.102/Wires/ap/051202/035341.730.html</link><source>ap</source><title>Hundreds more seek treatment for cold-related ailments in quake-hit Pakistan</title><dc:language xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">en</dc:language><description>Hundreds of survivors of Pakistan's huge earthquake have sought treatment for cold-related ailments following a cold snap, hospital officials said, as a Pakistani charity warned it had run out of funds</description><category>Pakistan</category><category>PakistanRKW</category><category>India</category><category>Migration</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>CommunicableDiseaseOutbreaks</category><category>IndiaRKW</category><category>UNbodies</category><guid>ap-e6d152ac8cf8342e57bcacc37b6a75f3</guid><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051202035300</sortelement></item><item xmlns:emm="http://emm.jrc.org/EMM/" emm:score="0.11482128"><pubDate>2005-12-02T03:07+0100</pubDate><emm:day>20051202</emm:day><link>http://www.chinapost.com.tw/detail.asp?ID=72909&amp;GRP=A</link><source>ChinaPost</source><title>Quake survivors seeking aid for ailments</title><dc:language xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">en</dc:language><description>Hundreds more survivors of Pakistan's huge earthquake sought treatment Thursday for weather related ailments following a cold snap, hospital officials said. 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Cathy Skoula, executive director</description><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>CommunicableDiseaseOutbreaks</category><category>Pakistan</category><guid>ap-3c6c447113d840f9ba1be8432a20b6a4</guid><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051202024300</sortelement></item><item xmlns:emm="http://emm.jrc.org/EMM/" emm:score="0.09658906"><pubDate>2005-12-02T00:51+0100</pubDate><emm:day>20051202</emm:day><link>http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/HMYT-6JNSXK?OpenDocument</link><source>reliefWeb</source><title>IOM - Migration December 2005: Pakistan quake - a race against winter</title><dc:language xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">en</dc:language><description>Contents - IOM aims high in Pakistan Earthquake Relief - Looking Forward into the Future: Sri Lanka One Year On - After the Tsunami: Investing in Aceh’s Future - Marooned in Morocco:Stranded Migrants in Distress Receive IOM Assistance - Second Chance for Trafficked Women.</description><category>Morocco</category><category>Pakistan</category><category>Entities</category><category>Migration</category><category>TerrorismBiological</category><category>UkraineRKW</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>DonorsBanksRKW</category><category>SriLanka</category><category>Ukraine</category><category>Echo</category><category>MigrationRKW</category><category>HealthSocialServicesRKW</category><guid>reliefWeb-780ec8fc73e6dd44a970dd8f8ff26294</guid><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051202005100</sortelement></item><item xmlns:emm="http://emm.jrc.org/EMM/" emm:score="0.15454249"><pubDate>2005-12-01T23:44+0100</pubDate><emm:day>20051201</emm:day><link>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10285591/from/RSS/</link><source>RSS-msnbc</source><title>Winter descends on quake refugees</title><dc:language xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">en</dc:language><description>Survivors of Pakistan’s recent earthquake filled hospitals Thursday as temperatures plunged below freezing with the arrival of the harsh Himalayan winter.</description><category>ManMadeDisasters</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>CommunicableDiseaseOutbreaks</category><category>Pakistan</category><category>PakistanRKW</category><category>IndiaRKW</category><category>India</category><guid>RSS-msnbc-e8bfddb8e9fad2ef4c62d8e319c60670</guid><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051201234400</sortelement></item><item xmlns:emm="http://emm.jrc.org/EMM/" emm:score="0.09658906"><pubDate>2005-12-01T22:51+0100</pubDate><emm:day>20051201</emm:day><link>http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/HMYT-6JNS3B?OpenDocument</link><source>reliefWeb</source><title>Pakistan: Concert at Royal Albert Hall to raise money for quake victims</title><dc:language xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">en</dc:language><description>British celebrities and artists have joined hands with Asia House here to organize a major musical concert on Dec.13 and are hoping to raise £50000 pounds for the devastating earthquake victims in Pakistan. This was announced at a joint press conference by the Chief Executive of Asia House Stefan....</description><category>Afghanistan</category><category>UnitedKingdom</category><category>InformationCommunicationsRKW</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>Pakistan</category><category>Entities</category><category>EducationTraining</category><category>ChadSRKW</category><category>India</category><guid>reliefWeb-154ba3448b00a11cf8be160baabf72f0</guid><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051201225100</sortelement></item><item xmlns:emm="http://emm.jrc.org/EMM/" emm:score="0.115906864"><pubDate>2005-12-01T22:51+0100</pubDate><emm:day>20051201</emm:day><link>http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/HMYT-6JNSFQ?OpenDocument</link><source>reliefWeb</source><title>China to help Pakistan in reconstruction of schools in quake-affected areas</title><dc:language xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">en</dc:language><description>China will provide additional support to Pakistan in reconstruction of schools and colleges in the earthquake affected areas. An announcement to this effect was made by the Chinese Premier Wen Jibao while addressing the 5th High-level UNESCO's group meeting on "Education for All.</description><category>HUmanDevelopmentRKW</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>China</category><category>Pakistan</category><category>PakistanRKW</category><category>DonorsBanksRKW</category><category>EducationRKW</category><guid>reliefWeb-ff777a63032195db1c538f3aa152fa40</guid><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051201225100</sortelement></item><item xmlns:emm="http://emm.jrc.org/EMM/" emm:score="0.11482128"><pubDate>2005-12-01T22:13+0100</pubDate><emm:day>20051201</emm:day><link>http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-5450821,00.html</link><source>guardian</source><title>Quake Survivors Ask Aid for Flu, Pneumonia</title><dc:language xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">en</dc:language><description>Quake Survivors Ask Aid for Flu, Pneumonia Thursday December 1, 2005 9:01 PM AP Photo RMX108 By ZARAR KHAN Associated Press Writer MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Hundreds of survivors of Pakistan's huge earthquake filled hospitals Thursday for treatment of pneumonia and flu as temperatures plunged....</description><category>ManMadeDisasters</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>CommunicableDiseaseOutbreaks</category><category>Pakistan</category><category>PakistanRKW</category><category>IndiaRKW</category><category>India</category><guid>guardian-f7ffc09ab2b60c4957fdd32ff6f27510</guid><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051201221300</sortelement></item><item xmlns:emm="http://emm.jrc.org/EMM/" emm:score="0.09658906"><pubDate>2005-12-01T21:22+0100</pubDate><emm:day>20051201</emm:day><link>http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-1898510,00.html</link><source>thetimes</source><title>World in Brief</title><dc:language xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">en</dc:language><description>Muzaffarabad: More than 1,000 people a day are seeking hospital treatment for pneumonia and other cold-related respiratory illnesses since the harsh Himalayan winter descended on Pakistani Kashmir’s quake zone last weekend. There are still 3.5 million people without shelter. The earthquake death toll stands at 73,000 in Pakistan and 1,300 in India.</description><category>Pakistan</category><category>mahb</category><category>India</category><category>IndustryTradeRKW</category><category>ChinaRKW</category><category>IndiaRKW</category><category>China</category><category>ManMadeDisasters</category><guid>thetimes-74257545ea810617b916034e36564580</guid><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051201212200</sortelement></item><item xmlns:emm="http://emm.jrc.org/EMM/" emm:score="0.13778555"><pubDate>2005-12-01T19:51+0100</pubDate><emm:day>20051201</emm:day><link>http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/subcontinent/2005/December/subcontinent_December33.xml&amp;section=subcontinent</link><source>arabworldnews</source><title>Hundreds more seek treatment for cold-related ailments in quake-hit Pakistan</title><dc:language xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">en</dc:language><description>MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan - Hundreds more survivors of Pakistan’s huge earthquake sought treatment on Thursday for weather-related ailments following a cold snap, hospital o... (photo: US Army) Khaleej Times</description><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>Migration</category><category>CommunicableDiseaseOutbreaks</category><category>Pakistan</category><category>UNbodies</category><guid>arabworldnews-090451015bf284607bbdd84b40d2eb85</guid><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051201195100</sortelement></item><item xmlns:emm="http://emm.jrc.org/EMM/" emm:score="0.09658906"><pubDate>2005-12-01T18:42+0100</pubDate><emm:day>20051201</emm:day><link>http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1314918.cms</link><source>timesofindia</source><title>Pak film festival dedicated to quake victims</title><dc:language xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">en</dc:language><description>KARACHI: Organisers dedicated the Fifth Karachi International Film Festival to victims of Pakistan's catastrophic earthquake ahead of the event's official opening on late Thursday. Proceeds from the four top movies being shown at the festival in the country's biggest city will be donated towards relief efforts, chief organiser Hasan Zaidi said.</description><category>Brazil</category><category>Pakistan</category><category>Germany</category><category>France</category><category>India</category><category>Bangladesh</category><category>Iran</category><category>USARKW</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>Canada</category><category>USA</category><category>Chile</category><category>BangladeshTRKW</category><category>SriLanka</category><category>Poland</category><category>CanadaRKW</category><category>Italy</category><guid>timesofindia-aa42b9e3706f01f2d5f547188918180f</guid><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051201184200</sortelement></item><item xmlns:emm="http://emm.jrc.org/EMM/" emm:score="0.09658906"><pubDate>2005-12-01T18:42+0100</pubDate><emm:day>20051201</emm:day><link>http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1313350.cms</link><source>timesofindia</source><title>Moderate quake rocks J-K</title><dc:language xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">en</dc:language><description>SRINAGAR: An earthquake of moderate intensity measuring 5.4 on the richter scale occurred in Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday but there were no reports of any damage to life or property. The tremor was recorded at around 7.26 am with its epicentre in Hindukash region in Pakistan, met director, Srinagar, L C Ram said.</description><category>Entities</category><category>Pakistan</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>AlQaedaRKW</category><guid>timesofindia-9959d686e496cc2c1e5d1edc8955e3bc</guid><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051201184200</sortelement></item><item xmlns:emm="http://emm.jrc.org/EMM/" emm:score="0.109278046"><pubDate>2005-12-01T17:47+0100</pubDate><emm:day>20051201</emm:day><link>http://www.breakingnews.ie/irishnews/story.asp?j=164481056&amp;p=y6448y76z&amp;n=164481816&amp;x=</link><source>irish-news</source><title>Hundreds more earthquake survivors seek ...</title><dc:language xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">en</dc:language><description>Hundreds more earthquake survivors seek treatment 01/12/2005 4:42:14 PM Hundreds more survivors of Pakistan’s huge earthquake sought treatment today for weather-related ailments following a cold snap, hospital officials said. The known death toll in northern Pakistan from the arrival of the brutal Himalayan winter stood at eight.</description><category>Pakistan</category><category>PakistanRKW</category><category>India</category><category>Migration</category><category>Japan</category><category>JapanRKW</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>HumanitarianAid</category><category>CommunicableDiseaseOutbreaks</category><category>Echo</category><category>IndiaRKW</category><category>UNbodies</category><category>ManMadeDisasters</category><guid>irish-news-35d1e82d0752ca84a959b03e2d91dcff</guid><sortelement xmlns="emm">20051201174700</sortelement></item><item xmlns:emm="http://emm.jrc.org/EMM/" emm:score="0.13778555"><pubDate>2005-12-01T16:58+0100</pubDate><emm:day>20051201</emm:day><link>http://139.191.254.102/Wires/ap/051201/165842.003.html</link><source>ap</source><title>Hundreds more seek treatment for cold-related ailments in quake-hit Pakistan</title><dc:language xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">en</dc:language><description>Hundreds more survivors of Pakistan's huge earthquake sought treatment Thursday for weather-related ailments following a cold snap, hospital officials said. 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